Probate Court approves five wills in Sagadahoc session
Sagadahoc probate court under Judge Arthur J. Dunton allowed five wills and filed nine, with executors appointed without bond and no public bequests noted. The session included numerous petitions for executors and administrators in Bath Topsham West Bowdoin and surrounding towns, with several inventories and bonds approved and insolvency proceedings started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Georgie Preble Eby
Bath
Gordon F. Preble
Persis Preble Battison
Annie Fisher Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
Charles M. Lincoln
George Langdon Tarr
Arrowsie
Susia A. Tarr
Lewis O. Ellis
Topsham
Mabel S. Ellis
Ella W. Richardson
Ida Bragdon
Ella Jaquith
Maude K. Stuart
Arthur I. Stuart
Yoland D. Markson
Robert X. Markson
Edgar Markson
Brookline
Mass
Flora B. Footer
Joseph M. Footer
Edith N. Powers
Burnside
A. Powers
Georgetown
George A. Sprague
Freda P. Sprague
Emma O. Stover
N. Gratz Jackson
Georgia E. Ripley
Harry L. Day
Frank Green
Alice R. Merrill
Andrew S. Merrill
Napoleon Fred Couture
Ethel C. Hill
West Bowdoin
Annie P. Flood
Clarence N. Flood
Charles Henry Butler
Woolwich
Henry F. Butler
Theodore L. Maybury
Helen Frances Maybury
Mark W. Hennessy
Margaret A. Conley
John Alwin Settle
John William Settle
Bowdoin
Allan Spear
Charles L. Ripley
Harriet M. Lemont
John G. Lemont
Joseph A. Proctor, Jr
Joseph A. Proctor
Persis Preble
Battison
Georgie Preble
Eby
Susie Tarr
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Grange Gatherings
Wiscasset residents visit relatives in town and attend graduation trips to Kingfield. Dyer's Valley grange hosts a June 20 meeting with James Farmer and Hartley Stewart, with the Lincoln Pomona and community groups providing refreshments. Local 4-H activities, family visits from Bath and Boston, and relatives in Gardiner and Southport are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Woodbury
Henry
Maria Munsey
Malden
Burleigh Waltz
Damariscotta
Elinor Sproul
Bernard Merry
Kingfield
Dyer’s Valley Grange Hall
James Farmer
National Grange
Hartley Stewart
Maine
D. M. Munsey
J. F. White
Roland Hammond
Charles Dunton
Fred Nute
Blanche Fowle
Harry Quinnam
Laura Seavey
House and Community Welfare Club
Lincoln Pomona
Jennie Boyd
Southport
Obituary of Municipal Judge Wade L Bridgham
Municipal Judge Wade L Bridgham 51 died suddenly Monday morning at his Westbrook home after a brief illness. A native of Harrison, he was UMaine Law School 1917 graduate who taught and served as principal in several towns. He leaves a wife two sons Wade Lawrence Jr and William a daughter Jeanette and sisters Mrs. Howard Burnham and Mrs. Leamon Lewis plus his brother Edward W Bridgham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade L. Bridgham
Westbrook
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Mr. Bridgham
Rumford
Harrison
University of Maine Law School
Bailey Island
Farmington
Livermore Falls
Masonic
Rotary Club
Plattsburg
Wade Lawrence Bridgham, Jr
Westbrook High School
William Bridgham
Jeanette Bridgham
Mrs. Sarah Spence funeral held in Bath
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Spence of Small Point wife of Thomas Spence general superintendent at The Texas Steamship Co began operations in Bath were held Monday afternoon at two in the Curtis funeral home. Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiated. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery Bath with bearers Miles Webber Albert Thompson Thomas R. Houston and Carl E. Albee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Spence
Small Point
Thomas Spence
Texas Steamship Co
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Miles Webber
Albert Thompson
Thomas R. Houston
Carl E. Albee
Frank Green Dies. Rites Held at Mayo Funeral Home
Funeral for Frank Green of 14 Greer Street, longtime employee of Hyrde Windlass Co., was Monday at 3 PM at Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated. Attending were fellow shopmates William Cotton Frederick King John F. Sanford John Warner. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Green
Greer Street
Hyrde Windlass Co
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
William Cotton
Frederick King
John FE Sanford
John Warner
Oak Grove
Funeral for Christina Caro Davis at Five Islands Church
Christina Caro Davis widow of William H. Davis was buried after a Sunday funeral at the Five Islands Church. Rev Walter Schoepfer of Waltham Massachusetts officiated with interment in Oak Cemetery Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Caroline
William H. Davis
Five Islands
Walter Schoepfer
Waltham, Mass
Georgetown
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Sarkis Family Attends Brooklyn Wedding of Henry Sarkis
Mrs. Sadie Sarkis of 745 Middle Street travels with her daughters Mary and Sally and sons Ernest of Charlestown Navy Yard and George of the BLW Corp to Brooklyn for the wedding of her son Henry at the Philadelphia Navy Yard bride Miss Olga Zeena of Brooklyn. Henry and his wife will settle in Philadelphia after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Sarkis
Middle Street
Daughers
Mary
Sally
Ernest
Charlestown Navy Yard
George
BL. W. Corp
Henry
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Olga Zeena
Brooklyn
Henry Sarkis
Philadelphia
Boston Edison Worker Returns Amid Mother's Illness
Bar B Collins of Somerville Massachusetts returned to town Friday due to the sudden illness of his mother Mrs William J Collins who was visiting the city and taken to Memorial hospital for care after falling ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Collins
Somerville
Mass
Boston Edison Co
William J. Collins
Memorial Hospital
West Bath Cottage Guests Share Summer Travels
West Bath residents and visitors are listed with summer stays in Rosedale and Cooper’s Mills. The long roster includes families from Bath Brunswick Topsham and Winthrop Mass, with births, trips to Denmark and Chitam and numerous weekend visits.
Gilmans of Phippsburg Head North for Summer
Mr and Mrs Stanwood Gilman and family formerly of the city are now in Presque Isle where they will spend the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Phippsburg
Presque Isle
County Registers 130 Men July 1 for Selective Service
There were 130 young men who have reached their 21st birthday since last Oct. 16 who registered for Selective Service military duty under Presidential proclamation before the Sagadahoc board Tuesday. Of this number 108 are residents of the county and 13 are residents of other counties within the state. There were also nine living outside the state, who registered with the local board, five of them residents of Massachusetts and nine of New York state. The registrars found their greatest rush of the day was after the industries closed in the afternoon and during the evening meal hour, from four to seven. None were registered from Arrowsic but registration otherwise in the county was as follows: Bath 73 Bowdoin 3 Bowdoinham 5 Georgetown 6 Phippsbury 4 Richmond 5 Topsham 6 West Bath 1 Woolwich 5 Total 108 From elsewhere in the state the following registered: Augusta, Deer Isle, Dryden, Falmouth, Gardiner, Hermon, Lewiston, Milo, Rockport, Stonington and West Harpswell, one each, Rockland, two. From outside the state the following registered from Massachusetts: Brighton, East Falmouth, Framingham, Quincy and Waltham, one each. From New York state: Bay Shore, New York City, Rochester and Stony Brook, one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Board
Massachusetts
New York State
Arrowsic
Bath
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippsbury
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Augusta
Deer Isle
Dryden
Falmouth
Gardiner
Hermon
Lewiston
Milo
Rockport
Stonington
West Harpswell
Rockland
Brighton
East Falmouth
Framingham
Quincy
Waltham
Bay Shore
New York City
Rochester
Stony Brook
Tragic news reaches Bath Iron Works worker over boating disaster
Fred Melanson a pipe fitter at Bath Iron Works learned in mid afternoon that several bodies had been recovered in Casco Bay from the cabin cruiser Don. His brothers Albert and Alban Melanson Jr and Robert were aboard with 37 souls aboard. He left for Bailey's Island after confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Melanson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Melanson
Harpswell Street
Brunswick
Casco Bay
Don
Rumford
Albert Melanson
Alban Melanson
Albert, Jr
Robert
Bailey's Island
Woolwich Summer Services and Community News
Woolwich Union for Christian Service announces morning services at Day's Ferry Congregational church at 9 45 and Nequasset Methodist at 11 15 with evening sermon at 7 30 by Rev Milligan on Some of Our Excuses The daily Vacation Bible school starts Monday at Nequasset with faculty including George Farnham Miss Ann Dodge Miss Norma Presley and George Conway A second Vacation Bible school begins July 21 at Day's Ferry with transport for Sagadahoc Ferry residents The community welcomes summer campers from Boothbay Merrymeeting and states in the Middle West Local residents share family visits travel and school events including notes on Miss Laughlin MacInnes RN and Rev Plinette Allen Miss Maxine Walker and others enjoying summer courses exhibitions and recitals in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Herbert F. Milligan
Day's Ferry Congregational Church
Nequasset Methodist Church
the Pines
Good Will Club House
Milligan
George Farnham
Ann Dodge
Norma Presley
Arlene Leeman
George Conway
Boothbay
Merrymeeting
Middle West
Plinette Allen
Limington
Woolwich
Damariscotta Memorial Hospital
Laughlin MacInnes
R. N
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
Herbert Milligan
Bicycle Safety Club to Be Formed at Y M C A
A meeting for boys to organize a Y M C A Bicycle Safety club is set for Thursday at two in the Y M C A building. Leaders will be chosen for the summer, a constitution drafted, and the aim is to reduce fatalities and aid city youth and parents, with suggestions welcomed for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Boys
YealVints
Mary E Gardenier Dies At Portland Home
Mrs. Mary E Gardenier died Sunday afternoon at 34 Pitts street Portland after months of ill health. She leaves sons James T Gardenier Bath Robert L Gardenier Ane7 South Portland and LeRoy J Gardenier Winthrop plus sister Miss Margaret O Rouke and brother James A O Rouke all of Portland and seven grandchildren. Funeral was Wednesday at Sacred Heart church Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Gardenier
Pitts Street
Portland
James T. Gardenier
Nfeh Street
Bath
LeRoy Gardenier
Oswepo
N. Y
Robert L
George
South Portland
LeRoy J. Gardenier
Winthrop
Margaret O'Rouke
James A. O'Rouke
Sacred Heart Church
Community Notes From Woolwich and Nearby Towns
In Woolwich to attend Bates College Summer school in July. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hagan of Skowhegan return from visiting Mrs. Hagan's mother Mrs. Garret J. Galvin of Woolwich, following her father’s death. Carla Chase of Boston visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buck Day's Ferry. Newport residents visit Winfield Wright in New Hampshire. Committal service for Mrs. Sophia Wright Blinn held at Nequasset cemetery. Mrs. Clara Cunningham and Janice of Brunswick visit Sagadahoc Ferry. Clara Hawthorne of Woolwich Center dies in Portland during visit with Medora Atwood. Beals and Hathorne of Sagadahoc Ferry with Mrs. Coffin of Bath in South Portland as guests of Mrs. Pettengill. Frank Soule of Wiscasset hosts birthday party at Sagadahoc Ferry. attendees include Mary Lou Soule, Frank Soule Jr., Bernard Hutchins, Donald Blackman, John Hutchins, Guy Durill. Everett Rice of Windham visits his mother Minnie Rice in Sagadahoc Ferry. Mary Lou Soule arrives for visit with Alex St. Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bates College
Wilbur Hagan
Skowhegan
Clarence Clark
Charles
Richard Clark
Wright
Winfield Wright
Wright Homestead
Nequasset Cemetery
Sophia Wright Blinn
Decoto
Calif
Charles Brown
Monmouth
Clara Cunningham
Janice
Brunswick
Allen Pettengill
Frank Soule
Wiscasset
Alex St. Pierre
Sagadhoe Ferry
Soule
Mary Lou
Frank, Jr
Bernard Hutchins
Clifton
Donald Blackman
John Hutchins
Guy Durill
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Mary Lou Soule
Vacation School At Winter Street Begins July 7
Rev Joseph O Purdue to lead the Daily Vacation Bible School at Winter Street Church from July 7 to 18 excluding weekends. Sessions run 9 to 11 45 a m for children three to those not beyond eighth grade with a staff including Morse Langbehn Tait Purdue Colley Perkins and others. Daily schedule features worship music memory recreation lesson handiwork and closing exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O. Purdue
Daily Vacation Bible School
Winter Street
Mary Morse
Gerda Langbehn
Alma Tait
Popham Notes: Weekend Guests, Travels and Local Visits
Sunday guests of Dunlap Hatch at his cottage included Mr and Mrs R B Hatch, Mr and Mrs Ralph Crocker and several others. The Bridghams, Donald Small, Barbara Rounds, Laura Harding, and Harold Duston were also mentioned with weekend stays and local trips around Sebasco Five Islands Lewiston and Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Hatch
R. B. Hatch
Ralph Crocker
Kenneth Orr
Stanley Hatch
Michael Carney
Daniel Hatch
Edward Cummings
Wesley Peacock
Frank Staples
Russell Turcotte
David Desmond
Popham
Edward Bridgham
Edward Bridgham, Jr
Janet Bridgham
Donald
KIDDIES YEARN FOR YARN AT CAMP CASCO BAY
English refugee children at Camp Casco Bay West Point seek yarn to knit afghans. Donors with spare yarn may contact Mrs. George Baer Connard or drop items at Washington Street headquarters. Miss Carol Stevens assisted as guest book attendant at the Hanover Maine wedding of Frederick Parsons and Elizabeth Wadlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Casco Bay
West Point
George Baer Connard
Washington Street
Carol Stevens
Hiram T. Stevens
Middle Street
Frederick Parsons
Elizabeth Wadlin
Hanover
Bath D A R Members Attend Annual Field Day
Bath members join Maine D A R Field Day at Poland Spring with 229 lunch served at Mansion House and a morning marker unveiling honoring early settlers of Poland and Bakerstown. Notables include Mrs. Pouch and Mrs. Sewall. activities cover regent remarks, flowers, a bouquet presentation, and calls for defense preparedness and U S O contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Poland
William H. Pouch
New York
Sumner Sewall
Margaret McIlroy
Bath
Jane Lemont
Col. Dummer Sewall
Horace P. Morse
Charles A. Andre
Winnie Durgin
Fred May
Harry G. Deering
Mansion House
Oklahoma
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Milwaukee
Wis
John Nevin
Bakerstown
Mass
Lucille Andrews
Nevins
Doris Bailey
Nathaniel Bailey
McIlroy
Arthur Gosline
Sewall
Snow
Montpelier
Mrs Coombs Hosts Two Societies At Summer Picnic
Mrs Benjamin Coombs entertained Free Will Workers and Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church with an all day picnic at her King s Point Summer home on the New Meadows river. Attendees included Mrs Raymond Palmer Mrs Bernice Achorn Miss Abby McCabe and many others with Rev Frederick P Moffatt and guests from Bath and Milwaukee. An invitation to a second picnic at North Bath July 9 was extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Coombs
Free Will Workers
Sterling Bible
Corliss Street
King’s Point
New Meadows River
Raymond Palmer
Bernice Achorn
Abby McCabe
William J. Paisley
Flora B. Robbins
William A. Boyd
Warren H. McIintire
Walter E. Taylor
Perley E. Dunbar
Carrie H. Trott
Wilfred W. Chaney
Carrie Lemont
Lester Campbell
James W. Gillespie
Jacob T. Wheeler
Lillian F. Fisher
Fred Coombs
Grace L. Block
Chester A. Plant
William Hill
Ruby A. Preble
Harold Walker
LaForrest G. Coombs
Frederick P. Moffatt
Pearl Taylor
Stella Black
Donald
Beverly
Lloyd
Richard Coombs
Sylvia
Ralph Palmer
Florence Sidelinger
Milwaukee
Chaney
Lloyd Coombs
Bath
Linwood Piper
North
Winnegance work completes cellar excavation at Morse home
The cellar excavation for Franklin Morse’s new house south of his parents on High street was finished Tuesday. Mrs. Frank Pero will host the Winnegance auxiliary at the club house Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie M. Allen, owner of the Alvord house now being converted into six apartments, invites relatives or friends of the Alvord family to claim a famous old painting from the late Mrs. Alvord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Morse
Sherman L. Morse
High Street
Frank Pero
Jennie M. Allen
Hotel Phoenix
Alvord
The
Phoenix
Allen
the Phoenix
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John L. Jack
Sarah E. Coombs
Miriam A. Coombs
Edna A. Neal
Everett W. Neal
Ella R. Jaquith
Thomas R. Merrifield
Charles H. Merrifield
George C. Webber
May I. Bailey
Fiduciary Trust Co
Charles M. Bigelow
W. Bar! Webster
William E. Webber
Charlies A. Knight
Sarah BE. Whitten
Harry J. Day
Sacsah
Eleanor Tucker
Pembroke
Bermuda
Ethel M. Maeson
Emily N Ingalls
John J. Flagg
Cornelia M Flagg
Ethel M. MacDonald
Joel F. Cushman
James S. Rogers
Mrs. Spence
Haggett
J. B. Cooke
Larrabee's Grove
Chitam
N. B
Kenneth Crocker
Rosedale Farm
G. A. Booker
Edgar Finley
Auburn
Marion Williams
Lincoln Williams
Fred Rose
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Gove
Helen Gove
Harpswell
A. B
Doris Colby
Courtney Stover
Cooper's Mills
Joyce Stover
Laura Whitmore
Francis Deehan
Deehan
Otis Brown
J. E. Mayo
Elmer Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Walter Brown
Wollaston
William Hennessey
Hennessey
Louella Noyes
Rex Clark
Clark
Noyes
Sabine
George Rowdy
Jean
Groton
Rowdy
Mr. Hennessey
Stanley Leavitt
Linwood Leavitt
Foster's Point
Olie Wardwell
Caribou
Mr. Brown
Chester Stevens
Birch Point
S. Bert Lown
Redlon
Brigham’s Cove
Glada Bailey
William
Greenwood
Bailey
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell Pond
Horace P. Herrick
Stackpole Farm
William Foster
Shirley
Cathance
Foster
Florence Bates
Sabine District
Francena
Stanley W. Williams
Carl and
Christel Cornish
Dwinal E. Cornish
Ellie Manion
James Manion
Janice Perham
Melford N. Perham
David
Philip Wilson
Blair C. Wilson
Melrose
Carolyn Stackpole
B. H. Stackpole
R. D. Metcalf
William Gillis
Philip A. Stackpole
Kents Hill
Frederick Parkhurst
Nancy Jane
Sandra Lee
Arkhurst
Estthe Comeau
11 Springs
Parkhurst
Ella Comeau
Iron Works
Chester Howe
Constance
York Beach
Lorraine Price
Squirrel Inn
Frank Becker
Chelsea
Nequasset Lake
Charles Dubar
Morse High School
California
Warren Pushard
Zina Hunt
Wilbur Howe
Montreal
Quebec
Blanche Littlefield
Day
Carl Longfellow
White Mountains
Isaac B. Howard
Day's Ferry
Sanford
Harry A. Beals
Spinning Wheel Club
Hollis Leeman
Frances Hawthorne
Merle Jameson
Albert Temple
Gilbert Hathorne
Ella Temple
Jordan Wright
Ora Parks
Rose Cooper
Maxine Walker
Swampscott
Poland Spring
Mrs. Coombs
Sterling Bible Class
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