Milays honored on 50th wedding anniversary in Richmond
About two hundred friends and relatives gathered at the Progressive Grange Hall in Richmond Corner to honor Mr and Mrs J Frank Millay of Mere Point Road Bruns wick formerly of Post Road on their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple wed June 20 1905 at the Howe home in Richmond. They have three children Ernest Mabel and Irene and five grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
J. Frank Millay
Mere Point Road
Brunsvk
The
Post Road
Millays
John C. Howe
Richmond
J. G. Perry
Bates College
Birthday celebrations and community notices from Bath area
The article details a birthday party with two cakes for Ernest Pinkham who is recovering from injuries after a Woolwich fire. It also covers a Vacation Bible School close with a picnic at Island Park, awards for attendance, and a large attendance during the week. Personal items list numerous visits and travels of local residents and families across Maine and New Brunswick communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Baptist Vacation Bible School
Island Park
Ernest Pinkham
Edward Pinkham
Lincoln Street
Ernest
Bath Memorial Hospital
Pinkham
Woolwich
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Charlene
Merle McIntire
Carol
Gary
Ronnie
Robbie Emmons
Phil Leibowitz
Kirk Alexander
Peter
Deborah Lewis
Sharon Foster
Diane Foster
Rex
Bruce Dickinson
Paul
Gordon Sherman
Peggy Payson
Linda Preble
Sally McPhail
Terry Pinkham
Clara
Cora Pickett
Major James Barrett Is Promoted To Lieut Colonel
Major James H. Barrett of the 3rd Inf Bn 103rd R C T with HQ in Waterville is promoted to lieutenant colonel. Barrett, a Winthrop businessman, heads a European theater veteran record with Bronze Star and Croix de Guerre. He is married to Eileen Jones of Bath and has nine years in the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Barrett
3Rd Inf. Bn
Patton
4Th Armored Division
National Guard
Georgetown church sermon opens with Christian walk theme
Warren Harris in the First Baptist Church spoke on abiding in Christ from I John and announced a large gift that will fund a new furnace, enabling possible interior redecorating this year. Town notices cover many residents visiting, traveling, and staying at MacMahan, Robinhood, and nearby homes, with several social gatherings and family news throughout Georgetown Center and surrounding areas.
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Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Christ
Harris
Kennebec Point
Germany
Stephen T. Clarke
Pasadena
Cal
Georgetown Center
Charles Daniels
Sherry
Lynn
Mass
Daniel
Phyllis Daniels
Roland Peterson
A. E. Riley
Leonard Flint
Portland
Frederick Wilson
Falmouth
Harold J. Brown Srs
Martha Bowen
Overlook
Margaret Dewitt
MacMahan
Marshall Cole
New Hope
Penna
Cole
Sheepscot Island Co
Island Colony
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Donna
Robinhood
Rudolf H. Trafton
David
Earl Oliver
Waltham
Joseph F. Higins
Robert Evans
Albany
N. Y
Donald W. Walker
Helen and
Marie O'Connor
Providence
R. I
Walkers
Scotland
J. W. Brettmann
Alabama
Brettmann
MacMahan Chapel
Richard Harrison
Peterson
Jack Calabrese
Brighton
Chester Nason
Hyde Park
Nason
Morgan Hansen
Sandra
New Bedford
John Williams
Rayham
Dresden
Bowen
Otis Chase
Jimmie
Richmond
Jayson Schoener
Oakland
Calif
Georgetown Road
Warren S. Todd
William
Stoneham
Roscoe P. Todd
Todd
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll Powers
Irving F. Hunt
Dorchester
Lyman B. Owen
Hunt
Edwin Adams
Edith
Auburn
Bevinhood
Harold Hersey
Winthrop
Robinhood Cove
Parviz Chahbazi
Mary Ann
Slaterville Springs
Chahbazi
Iran
Shahpour Chahbazi
Tehran
Vernon Lippard
Handen
Conn
Lucy Lippard
Berlin
N. H
Bay Point Courting Summer Visitors and Tragedy News
Sympathy extends to Mr and Mrs Carl Kiessling Jr on the death of Mrs A D Cobb who spent summers at Rockledge with family. Many visitors and residents parade through Bay Point cottages including Butterfields Coombs Stone Swearingen Hagan Rideout and Nash with weekend calls and vacations noted. Dedham Bath Lewiston Auburn Schenectady Roosevelt Five Islands Richmond and other locales appear as people visit Bay Point cottages. The report records numerous social exchanges and a death among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Kiessling
A. D. Cobb
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Green Pastures
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Robert Stone
Pamela
Bayley
Schenectady
N. Y
Edward Butterfield
Andrew Butterfield
Eleanor Coombs
Merle Niles
Butterfield
Charles Swearingen
Bath
L. M. Spinney
Harry Knight
Fred P. Taylor
Richard Hagan
Taylor
Hagan
Colin Norton
Russell Pinkham
Thomas Hagan
Jack Merkof
Roosevelt
Robert Miller
Emery Rideout
Sonny Shantz
Chicago
Sherman Campbell
R. Hartford
Five Islands
Bay Point
E. Rideout
Arthur Maxwell
Richmond
Howard O. Nash
Summer Residents Portray Seguinland Weekend Presence
William Bradley and family from Chevy Chase arrive at The Knubble for the season. Peter Cocke of Wellesley accompanies him. Louise Houghton and daughter Elizabeth stay at their Robinhood cottage. Alfred Laskey, Merle Weeks, the Bonney family, and Prof. William Hawkland of Temple University occupy local cottages around Little Sheepscot and MacMahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguinland
William Bradley
Chevy Chase
Knubble
Bradley
Geodictic Survey
Peter Cocke
Wellesley
Mass
Louise Houghton
Elizabeth
Eton Lodge
Scarsdale
N. Y
Robinhood Road
Little Sheepscot
Alfred Laskey
Medford, Mass
Merle Weeks
Woolwich
Bonney
Bath
William Hawkland
MacMahan
Edward Snyder
Hawkland
Law
Temple University
Philadelphia
Over 100 Boys Enroll in YMCA Learn to Swim Campaign
The YMCA Learn To Swim Campaign opened at the Y Day Camp at Sebasco with 119 boys taking initial tests. Boys were grouped by tribes as counselors guided them through four tests in morning sessions, followed by a general swim in the afternoon. Thirteen boys joined the swimmers group under Bob McDougal, with ten tests remaining to qualify for the Fish and Flying Fish Swim Clubs. Next week non-swimmers will face four more tests and swimmers continue with McDougal in advance of further assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Bob McDougal
Y.M.C. A. Fish
Flying Fish
McDougal
Offic ers Installed New Bath Store Manager John Crowley
John Crowley moved to Bath to take duties as manager of the W T Grant Store and was introduced as a new club member by William L Skelton. Visiting Rotarians included Michael Fisher Cheshire Conn Robert How ett Vernon N Y Howard de Gourcher Suffern N Y Robert Wyman Brockton Mass A Close New York City William Bird Charlottesville Va S J Longfellow Waterloo Iowa L A Petit Chalfonte Conn and Arthur Moss New London Conn White Sox outfielder Jim Rivera had three assists in one game versus the Kansas City Athletics setting a major league record with four assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crowley
Bath
W. T. Grant
William L. Skelton
Michael Fisher
Cheshire
White Sox
Jim Rivera
Kansas City Athletics
Five Islands summer social notes on Malden Island
Mosquito spraying on Malden Island was reported for one evening last week. The piece lists numerous summer visits and activities of local families including the Rowe anniversary party, cottage stays, and seasonal guests at Sedgemere and nearby properties along with visits to Bath Memorial Hospital and various farms and cottages on McMahan Island and Seguinland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden Island
Orville Rowe
John V. Blasi
Rowes
Georgetown Baptist Parsonage
Frank W. Hovey
Charles Kenney
Bath
Roy Clark
Seguinland
Victor Pinkham
Carol Cochrane
Myricks
Mass
Vincent Strout
Ralph Washburn, Jr
Beulah Miller
McMahan Island
Brookline
Delbert Page
Morris Plains
N. Y
Rockrest
Mervin Palmer
New York City
Felix Solomons
Robert Yeo
Reading
Yeo Cottage
Peggy Smith
Ithaca, N. Y
Hiram Pierce
Starksboro
A. G. Pierce
Edda Needham
Earl Pulsifer
Needham
Ronald Smith
Backland
Madelyn
Minnie Berry
Mabel Dickey
Berry
Helen Cannon
Belmont
Titterington
Mrs. Hobart
Branwell Harford
Mr. Harford
Four Pirates lefthanders with 20 win seasons noted
Only four left handed pitchers have won 20 or more games for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Frank Killen Jesse Tannehill Al Leifield and Wilbur Cooper achieved the feat with Tannehill and Cooper each posting four such seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Frank Killen
Jesse Tannehill
al Leifield
Wilbur Cooper
Tannehill
Cooper
North Bath Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Birthdays
North Bath residents share visits and gatherings as Elmer Rogers receives a 28 year service plaque from Engine 2. Area families attend dinners, travels, and weekend visits across Bath, Phippsburg, and Brunswick with officials and former service members noted.
Son of ex-mlb pitcher stars for North Carolina team
Tom Zachary Jr. batted 380 this spring for the University of North Carolina baseball team. His father, a former left-handed pitcher, played for the Washington Senators and New York Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Zachary, Jr
University of North Carolinaa
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Boats Gather at New Meadows Yacht Club Fourth
About 25 boats joined the Kennebec Power Squadron at New Meadows Yacht Club for a three day holiday program. Guests from Portland Boothbay Harbor and Augusta attended. Activities included a 5 p m fish chowder supper social dancing and a Sunday sail to Quahog Bay for lobster bake and swimming before returning to the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Power Squadron
New Meadows Yacht Club
Portland
Boothbay Harbor
Augusta
Yacht Club
Quahog Bay
Nancy Blair makes Maine debut with Boothbay Players
Miss Nancy Blair daughter of Capt and Mrs William S Blair 1219 Washington St is making her first local appearance in Summer stock at the Boothbay Playhouse in Country Girl She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art New York and is a Morse High School graduate She replaces Nancy Stoddard and is later set for Ladies In Retirement as a nun Grace Kelly won an Academy Award for Country Girl The Burlington Vermont Theater Club presents the show under director Mrs Marion Sargent The group is a long established theatrical unit now part of Community Theaters at Boothbay Playhouse
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Nancy Blair
Capt
William S. Blair
Washington Street
Boothbay Playhouse
Miss Blair
American Academy of Dramatic Art
New York
Nancy Stoddard
Grace Kelly
Burlington, Vt
Marion Sargent
Burlington Group
Scout Troop 52 Returns Home After Trip
Scout Troop 52 members Eddie Plante Kent Stone William Hanson Jr Peter Hanson Robert Bruce Richard Lutz Jack Page Raymond Hutchins Richard Oulton Paul Butler Burke Ramsay Jack Wallace Ernest Bishop and Robert Waterman returned home Sunday afternoon after their outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Plante
Kent Stone
William Hanson, Jr
Peter Hanson
Robert Bruce
Richard Lutz
Jack Page
Raymond Hutchins
Richard Oulton
Paul Butler
Burke Ramsay
Jack Wallace
Ernest Bishop
Robert Waterman
Obituary of Curvier R Dolloff 87 Bath ship's carpenter
Curvier R Dolloff 87 died Tuesday at a Portland hospital after a brief illness. Born July 21 1868 in Rumford he worked as ship's carpenter at the Texas Company and Bath Iron Works before retiring fifteen years ago. He left a wife Ora Blake and is survived by sons George and Harold daughters Stella Marion and Ellen nine grandchildren twelve great grandchildren one brother and two sisters with many nieces and nephews. Funeral at 1 pm Friday at 749 Congress Street Portland with entombment in Upper Gloucester cemetery. Flowers may be omitted.
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Curvier
R. Dolloff
Portland
Rumford
Ronello C
Susanna Glover Dolloff
Dixfield
Bath
Texas Company and
Bath Iron Works
Cumberland Lodge
New Gloucester
New Jerusalem
Brunswick
Knights of Pythias
Ora V. Blake
George R. Dolloff
Oaklawn
Harold L. Dolloff
South Portland
Stella A. Dolloff
R.N
Marion Buzzell
Woodward
Town
Cmdr
Ellen Dolfoff
USN
Japan
Elster A. Dolloff
Woolwich
Emma Millett
Cumberland Center
Hiarriett L Jones
Ellsworth
Congress Street
Upper Gloucester Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Car rie Houdlette held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie L Houdlette were held at 2 pm Saturday at Curtis funeral home with Rev Martin Sargent officiating. Bearers included Bradford Belanger Everett Rice Charles Haley George Wright Alec St Pierre and Vinal Hunnewell. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery Woolwich.
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret S Nelson
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret S Nelson were held at 2pm Wednesday with Rev Martin V B Sargent officiating. Bearers were Charles Coombs Bert Lonn Herman Shepard and Claude Dyer. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
Prediction of Pluto’s Orbit Precedes Its Discovery
Though Pluto was not found until 1930, astronomers correctly forecast its position and orbit as early as 1914, signaling a long anticipation of the distant world.
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Pluto
Mrs Carrie Houdlette 84 former teacher dies in Maine
Carrie Lowell Houdlette 84 retired teacher died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born in Anna on March 18 1871 she was daughter of Samuel and Caroline Averill Lowell. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Bertram Crocker two sisters Miss Nellie Lowell and Mrs Mary Hall three grandchildren and a great grandson all in Maine.
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C. L. Houdlette
Carrie Lowell Houdlette
Memorial Hospital
Anna
Samuel
Caroline Averill Lowell
Bertram, Crocker
Woolwich
Nellie Lowell
Yarmouth
Mary Hall
Gardiner
Richard L. Crocker
William Donovan
Bath
Paul A. Crocker
Mrs Ethel Reed Dies In Portland At 75
Mrs Ethel M Reed aged 75 born in Bath Aug 26 1879 died suddenly Friday night at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland She was in failing health for years and spent her final years with daughter Mrs Pascal Flint in Gorham Survived by three daughters Mrs Flint of Gorham Mrs Harold Boutin and Mrs Randall Daley Bath two sons Clarence E Reed Jr of Bath and Elbridge H Reed of Philadelphia Pa Also four grandchildren two nieces and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Reed
Bath
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Charles
Annie C. Graham
Pascal B. Flint
Gorham
Flint
Harold Boutin
Randall Daley
Clarence E. Reed, Jr
Elbridge H. Reed
Philadelphia
Rosella J. Preble 83 Bath resident dies
Rosella J. Preble 83 of Bath died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after 65 years in Bath. Born in Albion Nebraska April 29 1872 she was daughter of Charles and Adelia Comstock. She married Vinal C. Haskell in 1892 and Charles Elmer Preble in 1948. Survived by son Robert C. Haskell Bath daughter Mrs George W Gegler Jr Brunswick two sisters Mrs Charles Allen Mrs Maude Luther South Dartmouth Mass seven grandchildren 17 great grandchildren four nephews.
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Rosella J. Preble
Charles E. Preble
Memorial Hospital
Albion
Nebraska
Charles
Adelia Pierce Comstock
Robert C. Haskell
Bath
George W. Gegler, Jr
Brunswick
Charles Allen
Maude Luther
South Dartmouth
Mass
Bowdoinham Teacher Margaret R. Wilson Dies at 87
Miss Margaret R. Wilson 87 of Bowdoinham died at Bath Memorial hospital after a long career as a schoolteacher and principal. Born in Bowdoinham July 13, 1867, she was educated at Bowdoinham High School Farmington State Normal School and Teachers College of Columbia University. She served as principal of Public School 53 in Brooklyn for many years before retiring to Bowdoinham. Survivors include sister Frances E. Wilson and several cousins.
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Margaret R. Wilson
Bowdoinham
Bath Memorial Hospital
James H
Frances MacDonald Wilson
Farmington State Normal School
Teachers College of
Columbia University
Wilson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frances E. Wilson
Mrs Margaret Nelson Dies At 82 In Bath Home
Mrs Margaret Summerville Nelson wife of Charles Nelson died Sunday at 54 Washington street Bath aged 82. A native of New Glasgow Nova Scotia she had lived in Bath 55 years and was a member of the Ladies Aid Winter Street Congregational Church and Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies. She is survived by husband a son Carl Nelson of Florida a daughter Mrs William Rowe of Lewiston and one grandson.
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George Sanford
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Richmond
West Dresden
Rosalia
William Vieira, Jr
Cyrus Kendrick, Jr
Mina Clark
Mina Iannotta
Margaret Mullen
Marcia Baker
Frances White
Bertha Trott
Ethel Pinkham
Merilna Coughlin
Lois Pushard
Clara Skinner
Belle Meserve
Margaret Borjesson
Elizabeth Haynes
Bernice Terrell
Priscilla Little
Edna Emmons
Margaret Nelson
Marion Young
Arlene Gardner
Claudia Wallace
Madlyn Trott
Janet Trott
Laura Lothridge
Louise Dunn
Albert Randlette
Lalira Mansir
James Bevan
George Schools
High Street
Jeannette
William L. O'Brien
Charles Malloy
Bingham
Miss Schools
Richmond High School
Jones Pharmacy
O'Brien
Bingham High School
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green
Ohio
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Richard Whitham
Albert Darrah
John Sannotte
Oscar Smith
Ruie Curtis
Fred Stilphen
Clifford Gray
Margaret Summerville Nelson
Charles Nelson
Washington Street
New Glasglow
N. S
George
Annie Summerville
Bath
Nelson
Ladies Aid
Winter Street
Funeral for Mrs Reed at Mayo & Son Chapel
The funeral for Mrs Ethel M Reed was held at 11 a m Monday at the Arthur F Mayo and Son funeral residence with T Tarpy Shulton officiating. Bearers named were Fred Thompson Clyde McKinnon Randall Daley and Harold Boutin. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Ethel M. Reed
Arthur F
Funeral services for Rosella J Preble
Funeral services for Rosella J. Preble were held at 1 30 Saturday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral residence. The Rev Charles R Sims officiated with bearers Clyde McKinnon Bab Ee Charles E Hewitt and Edwin H P Lowell. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preble
Rosella J. Preble
Arthur F. Mayo
Funeral service for Mrs Viola M Thompson
Funeral service for Mrs Viola M Thompson was held Thursday at 1 30 pm from A F Matto & Son funeral residence with Rev Stephen Hl Sidet. Attendees included Percy Roderick Oscar King Robert Flewelling William Flewelling Frank Adams and Burt Cousins. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Viola M ‘Thompson
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Elliott Tracy
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Steuben
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Bar Harbor
Noreta Strout
Alice Hicks
Machias High School
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Marshfield
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River Road
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Eva Chickering
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Iowa
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Princeton
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William Chafe, Jr
Cambridge
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Somerville
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Kenneth Crafts
Mr. DeGroot
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Elmer Rogers
Engine House
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Florence Coombs
Raymond Nadeau
North Bath
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Louis Hagan
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Robert Gaudet
John Quinn
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J. K Rockefeller
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Lowery Air Force Base
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Rapid City
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Malcolm Drinkwater
New Meadows Club
Scout Troop 52
Shumway Funeral Service
M. H. Page
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Kennebec Greenhouses
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