Wedding and community notices from a Maine paper
Historic local items describe a summer wedding at the bride’s home with Rev Chadbourne officiating. The bride, a Wheaton College graduate, and groom, a World War II veteran, are linked to Dorchester and Nuieen families. Other notes cover church activities, canning demonstrations, a handkerchief shower, a Juvenile Grange meeting, and residents’ summer visits and errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Ferris Stuber
Seehavtae
Rand
Curt
Mary Tousey
Pierce
G. Pierce
Dorchester
George Tousey
Nuieen
Chadbourne Apene
Robert
George
Wheaton College
Hebron Academy
Boston Uiversity
Katherin Braonduotad
Era
Breve
Lelia Teakles
Home Management Secrect
Margaret Duren
Soekein
River Road
Daniel Clark
Charles Jewett
Ralph Dickinson
Rusaarp
Edie Holman
E Cronk
Weettepriss
Dawson
Nancy Pickett
Gerald Reynolds
Emelene Hinckley
Beedle Road
Scott Beedle Place
Nellie Thomas
Genevieve Stuart
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Frank Beedle
Lisbon
Arthur Friend
Elbridge Badard
Pittsfield
Henry Plouff Jr
Thomas’ Borjesson
High Street
McPherson Farm
Ridge Road
Local residents note moves and travels in regional news
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cates and Mrs. Harriman Gardiner hosted at the Black cottage Sunday. Miss Barbara Lamoreau leaves for Machias with relatives for the summer. Willis Lane returns from Kansas watchmaking school after 15 months. Mrs. Emmet Bryson of Massachusetts visits Beedle road then goes to Lisbon for a boys' job. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelley move to Fort Kent for Mr. Kelley’s business. Elwin Cooley and Chester Kimball families tour New Hampshire Vermont and New York. Marguerite Seamans secures a Togus secretarial post. Mrs. Thomas Donnelly visits her father in Lachmont two weeks. Mrs. Tate and son return from Moncton trip. Roberts attend Joan Campbell and Richard Libby wedding in Auburn. Randelletts relocate to Brockton after visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officers Training School
Warren Cates
Harriman Gardiner
Emmet Bryson
Massachusetts
B. F. Bennett
Beedle Road
Lisbon
Charles Kelley
Melvin
Fort Kent
Kelly
Elwin Cooley
Chester Kimball
Harmony
New Ham
Vermont
New York
Marguerite Seamans
Solon High School
Togus
Thomas Donnelly
Lachmont
N Y
Chester Call
William Tate
Moncton
N. B
Leslie Roberts
Joan Frances Campbell
Richard Dana Libby
Universalist Church
Auburn
Howard Randelette
Brockton
Mass
Dresden Minstrel at Masonic Auditorium Friday Evening
The Kennebec bridge between Richmond and Dresden shines as a minstrel show unfolds at the Masonic Auditorium Friday night. The cast features Mrs. Tabitha Plunkett Ruth Lilly Lizzie Esther Bailey and many others with Helen well in Eulelia Pray as coach and Mrs. Melvin Randall as accompanist. Refreshments and a dance follow the show amid recent Bath guest reports and local club updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Richmond
Dresden
Masonic Auditorium
Tabitha Plunkett
Ruth Lilly
Lizzie
Esther Bailey
Ima Bore
Leona Jewett
Agnes Gilpatrick
Petunia Crunch
Esther Frey
Saccharine Cinders
Lela Fitch
Jerusha Muffin
Leslie Bailey
Bath
Tobey
Gardiner
Pushard House
Call's Hill
Pownalboro
Bert Hassen
Evelyn Hodgdon
Bonney
Kendrick
William Brown
Herbert
Card of Thanks from P Shepard to Republicans
A note from P Shepard thanking Republicans who supported him in the June 21 primaries. He expresses sincere appreciation and urges loyalty to the successful candidate for the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Shepard
Robinhood Village Notes and Social Snippets
Robinhood village buzzes with well drilling and construction as Crawford of Wiscasset drills a second artesian well near Peterson piers while Donald Leavitt’s bulldozer reshapes gutters and roads. The Farm Bureau meeting is delayed by a Thursday thunderstorm. local social notes list visitors, summer residents, and gatherings at West Georgetown, MacMahan, and Seguinland with many families, ships, and returns to Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Jackson Berry
Angeline’ (Oliver) Y Berry
Oliver Treat
Boston
Germantown
Norman E. Treat
Ormantown
Harold Treat Dan Ters
Stanley Graves
Walter H. Beals
Louise Treat
Germanpele Pa
Robinhood
Crawford
Wiscasset
New York Herald-Tribune
Robinhoodle
Margaret Rockwell Holmes
Marjorie Rockwell
Westport Island
Maine
Frederick F. Rockwell
West Nyack
N. Y
St. James Episcopal Church
Henry LeRoy Finch, Jr
Henry L. Finch
New York
Arthur Lee Kinsolving
Martha Willard
Kinco
Charles Baker Finch
Columbia University
Finch
Packard
Tovich
New York City
Gertrude Hunt
Beatrice Abbott
Bath
Joseph Higgins
Addie Moulton
Five Islands
Ralph Davis
Aubrey Fullerton
Haines
Lillian E. Morse
Alvah C. Reynolds
George Graffam
Kenneth Graffam
North Whitefield
Robert Graffam
Percy Lance
Dorchester
Mass
Marrtown
Parker Moulton
Augusta
West Georgetown
MacMahan
John V. Stone II
Short Hills
N. J
Smith Boys
Mrs. Smith
Baltimore
Emery Basford
Parade of 100 boys heads to Cushman’s Beach camp outing
About nine am on Front street 100 local Y M C A day camp youngsters aged 8 to 14 parade with lunch boxes. Three buses stand by at Central fire station as 12 trained councilors ready the group for an outing to Sebasco with weekly summer trips to nearby resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Central Fire Station
Colonial Cafe
Sebasco
Queen Esther Lodge Holds Memorial Service and Guest Officers Night
At the Queen Esther Rebekah lodge last meeting a memorial service was held for deceased members conducted by chaplain Mrs. Carolyn Thompson, assisted by Mrs. Nellie Lord and Mrs. Lena Shepard. Miss Alice Johnson and Mrs. Glennora Moore were invited to fill their stations at guest officers night. An invitation by Mrs. Lula Lemont asks members to meet at her Sabino cottage on July 8 for a picnic and evening with husbands, with some arriving earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Carolyn Thompson
Nellie Lord
Lena Shepard
Alice Johnson
Glennora Moore
Lula Lemont
Sabino
Final Good Will club meeting and community notices
The final meeting of the year of the Good Will club will be held this week at the clubhouse with a covered dish supper. Numerous local items detail road work, church events, visits, and summer activities across Georgetown Center and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Marion Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Buttercups and regional notices in Bay Point news
J Otis Swift’s final column, News Outside the Door, reflects buttercups as symbols of common joy and sorrow while local notices report spruce spraying beginning Monday to combat mosquitos and saw-fly, with several Bay Point families and visitors listed at cottages and beaches along with Coast Guard assignments and local deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Otis Swift
New York World-Telegram
State Department of Agriculture
Phippsburg
Popham
Bay Point
Kennebec Point
Indian Point
Robinhood
Agriculture Department
Cub Scout Pack 57 Plans Beacon Street Field Day
Cub Scout Pack 57 of Beacon Street church plans a Saturday field day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the new Scoundland on Oak Grove with Cubs and parents in contests. Families bring box lunches and cooks out. meet at 9 a.m. at Lambert Park hall before hiking to Scoutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Beacon Street
New Scoundland
Oak Grove Avenue
McAllister
Lambert Park
Scoutland
Twin Baby Deaths From Suffocation in Cambridge
The accidental death of twin sons of Mr and Mrs Floyd Williams of 30 Laurel Street Cambridge Mass occurred June 15. One twin, frail since birth and frequently hospitalized, rolled onto his face in the crib and could not turn over. The other twin was strong. The babies, born in March, are the great grandchildren of Mrs Sadie Garcelon and relate to Norma Jean Hill, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Williams
Laurel Street
Cambridge
Mass
Sadie Garcelon
Middle Street
Norma Jean Hill
William Hill
North
Winter Street
Hill
Ethel Carter
Deep sea pressures compress water volume by immense amount
The text notes that deep sea water pressures reduce volume so much that if all seawater expanded to normal volume the ocean would rise by 90 to 100 feet. It explains a hypothetical global volume change due to pressure release and its potential impact on sea level.
Mrs Ethel Knox Dexter Dies After Long Illness at Sagadahoc Ferry
Mrs. Ethel Knox Dexter widow of Ephrey W Dexter died at her Sagadahoc Ferry home after a long illness. A Woolwich resident for 36 years she was born Sept 27 1875 in Fayette. Survived by daughter Vera Dexter of Woolwich two sons Raymond of Bethel and Harold of Woolwich two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Knox Dexter
Ephey W. Dexter
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Dexter
Fayette
Theodore and
Betsy
Ridley) Knox
Vera Dexter
Raymond Dexter
Bethel
Harold Dexter
Mrs Eliza Lilly Dies After Fall In Bath Home
Mrs Eliza Lilly wife of Joel Lilly of 1484 Washington street died at Memorial Hospital after weeks as patient following a fall. Born June 17 1872 in Minottsville Nova Scotia she lived much of her life in Bath. Survived by husband a son Ralph Seegers a daughter in law Mrs Harold Pushard and bass at Charles Whitehouse Bath a brother George Moody Dres den a sister Mrs Ruby White Cliftondale Mass five grandchildren nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral will be Sunday at two pm from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High street with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Lilly
Joel Lilly
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Minottsville
N.S
John and
Lorena (Parr) Moody
Bath
Ralph Seegers
Ports
Harold ‘Pushard
Bass
Charles Whitehouse
Samuel H. Smith 81 Died at Bath Home of Son
Samuel H. Smith 81 died Friday morning at his son Dr. Joseph I. Smith’s home in Bath. Born in Latvia October 10, 1867, he had lived in the United States about 47 years and resided in Trenton, New Jersey prior to moving to Bath. He was married to Mary Mack Smith and survived by two sons Dr. Joseph I. Smith and Dr. Jacob Smith of Bath. Funeral services were held Friday at Mt. Sinai in Portland and burial followed in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Store Hill
Alton Re
Keehbwetter
Woodrow Gray
Cyril Bousefield
Woolwich
China
Bousfield
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Gilbert Lewis
Georgetown Center
Daily
Samuel H. Smith
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Mary Mack Smith
Mr. Smith
Latvia
Isaac
Rachel (Hamburger) Smith
Trenton
N. J
Bath
Jacob Smith
Mt. Sinai
Portland
Mrs Marie S Marco Dies at Home of Her Daughter
Mrs Marie S Marco widow of Walter Marco died Friday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs John Crosby on the old Brunswick road. She was born on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie S. Marco
Walter Marco
John Crosby
Old Brunswick Road
George E Sonia WWI veteran dies at Togus Veterans Hospital
George E Sonia aged 54, a World War I veteran, died at noon at Togus Veterans Hospital after hospitalization in Bath and Matapan, Mass. He was born in Bath, son of John Ward Sonia and Mary Elizabeth. He served until his health failed and after discharge worked briefly. He leaves wife and several siblings and was awarded the Victory Medal. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sonia
Bath
John. Ward
Mary Elizabeth
Hospital Mary’ S Catholic
Sonia
Mattapan
Mass
Funeral for Mrs Marie Marco Held Saturday Afternoon
The funeral for Mrs Marie Marco was held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the Arthur F. Funeral Home. Friends and relatives attended the service to honor her life and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie’ Marco
Arthur F
Mrs Lilly Dies. Funeral Held For Wife Of Joel Lilly
Funeral conducted for Mrs. Lilly, wife of Joel Lilly of 819 Street, with Rev Joseph O due officiating. Attending pallbearers included Edward Clough William Leask Edward Marr and Maren Genthner. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
New Meadows Yachtsmen Plan Regatta Meeting
The New Meadows River Regatta association will hold a Saturday morning meeting at 10 o clock at the Summer home of Mr and Mrs Archibald M Main at Birch Point. Race dates and schedules will be set and other business discussed. Entries are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows River Regatta Association
Archibald M. Main
Birch Point
Mackerel Arrive In Large Schools Near Point
Reports of large schools of mackerel fill waters near Point and nearby areas. Cottagers describe the waters as alive with fish though attempts to catch them have been largely unsuccessful with only a few fish taken.
In the course of a 70 year life and the heart years of rest
A medical reflection notes that over a typical 70 year lifespan the heart spends about 40 years in a resting state. The assertion highlights the heart's prolonged periods of inactivity and de-emphasizes active pumping time in a broad lifespan view.
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Tom Mane
Mr. Peacock
Bos
Frank Cappers
Milton, Mass
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Coenen Point
Adam
Burgess’ Market
Center St
Nell Eee
Mr. Reed
Esse Hlughan
Agee
Roland E. Peterson
William Bisseth
Peter Soson
Evans
Hag Rhge
Sorenson
Denmark
Bath Iron Works
James Hulbert
Chicago
Ill
Ann
Miss Hulbert
George Lee
Onset
Stanley Lewis
Seguinland
Philo Calhoun
Little River
Roslyn Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Faylene Rowe
Howard Trafton
Mercy Hospital
Land
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Harry Horne
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Thomas Williams
Waltham
Charles Winn
Asel Marr
Town
Orin Winn
Maryland
James Merrell
T. Bender
Cushman’s Beach
Queen Esther
Paul A. Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Thompson
Canada
J. G. Stevens
Ralph Washburn, Jr
Auburndale
Paul Thompson
Natalie MacMahan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clarence McLaughlin
Roger Ayers
Sally Roy
Conway
Victor Pinkham
Ray Clark
Mary Stevens
Mrs. Clark
Japan
Hiroshima
Clark
Elizabeth Clark
New Jersey
Red Cross
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Barbara Pinkham
Koehlwetter
Helen
Bryant Pond
Nice
Ayers
Derby Line
E. E. Pinkham
Evelyn Pinkham
Doris Reynolds
Beverly Rittall
D. W. Stafford
Rochester
William Wolfe
Naperville
Stafford
Mr. Wolfe
Europe
MacMahan Island
Mr. Gray
Vincent Strout Ap
Robert C. McPherson
Leon Shepard
Forrest Drake
George Wheeler
Phyllis Drake
California
Drake
Herbert Jones
Celia
M. Conley
Somerville
Howard O. Nash
Harold Robinson
Sandra Simpson
Katherine Graham
Arlington
Fred P. Taylor
Theodore Stewart
Newton Center
Walter B. Hill
Polly
Joey
Palo
Seven Gables
Paul Loughin
Paul, Jr
Walter Hill
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
Eugene Foster
George Renaud
Edward Buttereld
James Nostall
H. Martin Powers
Mauureen
Terry
Bryan
Belle Heald
Clyde Whittaker
Coast Guard
Perow Cottage
John Hart
Burgess Market
Charles Burgess, Jr
CUB Scout
Marius H. Page
North Street
Mrs
Ter
Wesley Marco
New Meadows
Mackerel
Fred
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