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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1954

Page

5

Richmond Bride-to-Be Eliza LaRochelle Betrothed to Albert Cote Jr

The engagement of Miss Elizabeth LaRochelle of Richmond to Albert Cote Jr of Bowdoinham is announced by the bride’s mother Mrs. Lela Cote. Miss LaRochelle is a Richmond High School graduate. Mr. Cote attended Bowdoinham schools, served two years in the Marines and has six years in the Reserves. No wedding date has been set.

Elizabeth LaRochelle Richmond Albert Cote, Jr Albert Cote Bowdoinham LaRochelle Lela Cote Richmond High School Cote U. S. Marine Corps Clare Ames The Baptist Church Nathaniel Gilpatrick Harold Harford Marshall White Mary Rogers South Gardiner Carroll Curtis Irving Waltz Everett Stevens

Georgetown Summer News Notes and Local Visitors

Georgetown letters from Sunday at First Baptist reflect on Romans 6 18 and citizen freedoms with next Sunday babies dedication planned. A Fourth of July cookout at Kennebec Point included the burning of the Annie L catboat after a long racing tradition. the event honored a 60 year history with sobered farewell remarks. Local residents and visitors from Boston South Portland Marblehead and Portland endured travel and summer routines at MacMahan Robinhood Georgetown Center and nearby cottages with family visits and musical connections.

First Baptist Church Warren Harris Harris Point

Notable Visitors and Seasonal Residents at Seguinland

A regional roster details weekend visitors and summer residents at Seguinland and MacMahan. Among those listed are Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lée of Clarence New York with the latter’s parents. Miss Margaret DeWitt recently died while nursing at Millbrook returns as nurse for the island colony. Monsignor Waldo Hasenfus arrives with eight vacationing boys. Oakley Thibodeau and family from Weymouth Massachusetts. and many others with extended stays or weekend visits across Georgetown Seguinland Boothbay Harbor and nearby towns.

Harvey Lée Clarence N. Y W. Clintence MacMaan Margaret DeWitt Millbrook School Seal and Porpoise Lodge Island Colony Elizabeth Thompson Jessie Addams Brooklyn Seguinland Robinhood Marie Frederick Gergler Providence R. I Hasenfus Monsignor Waldo Hasenfus Dorchester Marycliff Oakley Thibodeau Weymouth Mass Theodore John McNeeley Carol McNeey Belmont Grace Watson Newton Center Leah Fulton Philip Campbell Wallace Moore Boothbay Harbor Hazel Gay Montpelier Lawrence Cloutier Paul McCourtney Augusta Tage Christensen Lewiston Harvey Lee MacMahan John Kemper Andover Emory Basford William Bradley Penny Washington, D. C Knubble Bradley Peter Cook David Johnsons Marathon Fla Fox Island Hartley Harley Dan Harley Candy's Harbor Rangeley Lakes White Mountains Robert Hasenfus West Roxbury Harmon’s Harbor Lincoln Campbell Eleanor Landry Mona Powell Red Sox Aubrey Fullerton Wiscasset

Engaged: Danila Ballister to John Philip Spielman Jr

Mr and Mrs James Marshall Cole of New Hope Pennsylvania and MaccMahan Island announce the engagement of their daughter Danila Ballister to John Philip Spielman Jr USA son of Dean and Mrs John P Spielman of Washington State College Pullman Washington He holds a master's from University of Wisconsin and plans to return to Madison this fall to continue studies while Mr Spielman completes his army tour.

James Marshall Cole New Hope Penn MaccMahan Island Danila Ballister John Philip Spielman, Jr U.S.A John P. Spielman Washington State College Pullman Washmaster University of Wisconsin Madison Spielman

Notable English Origins in Racing and Seminary Lineage

A Folkestone native graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary. Racing silks trace their origin to Newmarket England in 1762.

Folkstone England The Bangor Theological Seminary Newmarket

Five Islands Notes and Summer Guests at Cottages

The Five Islands community notes a new brass rail and wine red velvet curtain for the choir loft, gifts from Dr. and Mrs. John Blasi of Chestnut Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Baker of Westwood. Library auxiliary held a successful food sale, and the boys baseball team lost to Bath 23 to 6.

the Baptist Church John Blasi Chestnut Hill Mass Otis Baker Westwood Lincoln Campbell William Stewart Branwell Harford Russell Harford Thomas Watson Five Islands Bath Richard Hanna Raymond Hanna Richard Davis Kenneth Pinkham Orrin White, Jr Bruce MacGillivary Jerry Gray Keith MacGillivary Brenton Perow Ronald Pinkham

Obituary of Mrs Mabel W Underwood 1875 Boston architect husband dies

Mrs Mabel W Underwood 78 widow of Thaxter Underwood died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after five weeks post surgery. She lived in Bath with her niece Mrs Martin Anderson and had long ties to Grace Episcopal Church Belmont All Saints Episcopal Belmont. Born Southbridge December 15 1875 she was survived by her niece Mrs Martin Anderson. Funeral held Tuesday at All Saints Belmont with interment in Mount Auburn Cambridge.

Mabel W. Underwood Thaxter Underwood Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Bath Martin Anderson Washington Street Grace Episcopal Church Guild of Grace Church All Saints Episcopal Church Belmont Mass Underwood Southbridge James E Elizabeth (Tallman) West Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge

Mrs Maud J Stevens Funeral Services Held

Funeral services for Mrs Maud J Stevens wife of Wenwell P Stevens of 1 Washington Street were held Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home at two in the afternoon with Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiating. Relatives friends and Old Folks Home board members including matron Mrs Catharine O Hara and staff attended. Bearers were Lawrence Rail Ernest Wood Carleton W Lowell and Lester Knight. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.

Maud J Stevens Wenwell P. Stevens Washington Street Curtis Funeral Home Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Old Folks Home Catharine O'Hara Lawrence Rail Ernest Wood Carleton W Lowell Lester Knight Oak Grove

Dresden man dies after short illness in Bangor hospital

Stanley R. Vigne 44 of Dresden died June 28 at Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor after a brief illness. Born April 17 1910 in Augusta he lived there early on and attended Bridge Academy. He married Muriel Lewis of Bath who died earlier. A construction foreman he worked at Bath Iron Works and did work in Bath and Brunswick. He belonged to Dresden Mills Methodist Church and is survived by a daughter Edith Michaud Central Falls Rhode Island a granddaughter and his foster mother Mrs Seth Bailey Dresden. Funeral services were Thursday at Amesbury and White funeral home Gardiner.

Stanley R. Vigne Dresden Bath Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor Augusta Bridge Academy Vigne Muriel Lewis Bath Iron Works Brunswick Dresden Mills Edith Michaud Central Falls R. I Seth Bailey Woolwich Amesbury & White Funeral Home Gardiner

Mrs Etta F Wallace Dies At West Point At 65

Etta Frances Wallace 65 wife of Ralph Wallace of West Point died at her home on July 4. Born April 29 1889 in Phippsburg she was daughter of Frank and Octavia York. She lived in Orrs Island and West Point most of her life and is survived by her husband a daughter and a son plus five sisters and four brothers.

Etta Frances Wallace Ralph Wallace West Point Phippsburg Frank and Octavia (Green) York Orrs Island Pauline Alley Pearl Wallace Maggie Dyer Chebeague Ada Lubee Sadie Johnson Bailey Island Edna Johnson Thelma Wallace Delaware Ira York Arthur York Alvah John York Portland

Death notice for Harold Raynes in Oakland California

Harold Raynes 66 of Oakland Calif died June 30 from a heart condition. Born in St John New Brunswick he worked in the Oakland canning business and visited Bath often. Survived by wife two sons a daughter and four sisters. Funeral services were Saturday.

Harold Raynes Oakland Calif Frank W. Danforth High Street Mr. Raynes St. John N. B Bath Danforth Raynes Alfred Mitchell Melrose Highlands Mass George St. Onge Mildred Seifert Boston

Funeral service for Edgar E McNeil in Portland

Edgar E McNeil 59 formerly of Bath died suddenly Monday of a heart attack. Funeral held Wednesday at 10 in Portland with burial in Oak Grove. Born February 25 1895 he lived in Bath for years and worked as a painter at Bath Iron Works. Survived by two brothers James T of Kittery and John W of Portland three sisters Mrs Frank King Bath Mrs Robert B Good New London Conn and Miss Catherine McNeil Portland plus nieces and nephews.

Portland Edgar E. McNeil Bath Oak Grove Bath Iron Works James T Kittery John W Frank King Robert B. Good New London, Conn Catherine McNeil

George Franklin Young dies after short illness

George Franklin Young 73 died at Gardiner General Hospital where he had been a patient for two days. Born in Bath October 25 1880 he lived in Bath most of his life before moving to Gardiner two years ago. He left no known relatives.

George Franklin Young Gardiner General Hospital Bath John and Georgie (Whitney) Young Gardiner

Mrs. Berenice Barter Rites Held At Local Funeral

Funeral services for Mrs. Berenice Barter were conducted Saturday at two in the Arthur F. Mayo & Son funeral residence with Rev. Charles R. Sims of First Baptist church officiating. Bearers were George Emery Charles Morse Waldo Weston Jr and Stanley Coffin. Burial followed in the Oak Grove family lot.

Berenice Barter Arthur F. Mayo & Son Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church George Emery Charles Morse Waldo Weston, Jr Stanley Coffin Oak Grove

Two Women Named Sheriffs in Arkansas After Husbands’ Deaths

Gov Francis Cherry appoints two widowed women as sheriffs in Arkansas. Gertrude Langston of Lee County and C Cook of Hempstead County take office following the deaths of their husbands.

Little Rock Ark Arkansas Francis Cherry Gertrude Langston Lee County C. Cook Hempstead County

Mrs Maude J Stevens Dies After Ill Turn at Maine General

Mrs Maude J Stevens wife of Wendell P Stevens of 1 Walden Street died at Maine General Hospital Portland after a brief post operative illness. Born Sept 26 1882 she lived in Sagadahoc Ferry Bath and worked at the Old Folks Home. Survived by husband a sister Granville G and Ralph brothers a niece and nephews and several cousins.

Maude J. Stevens Wendell P. Stevens Wton’ Street Maine General Hospital Portland Ince George A. and Anna (Beals) Jewett Westport Mr. Stevens Sagadahoe Ferry Stevens Beacon Street

Mrs Loring I Additon obituary in Monmouth notice

Mrs Lenora Irene Additon 82 mother of Bath Schools Supt Loring R Additon died Friday in Monmouth at her daughter's home Mrs Harry Lindsay She born Greene December 18 1871 resided 66 years in Leeds Noted as Leeds Grange Gold Sheaf member and O E S of Monmouth Survived by Ernest Additon Leeds Leslie Bryant Pond Ivan Lindsay Norway Edna Lindsay Leeds Loring Additon Bath sister Eva Pratt Auburn 19 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren Funeral Monday two from Ernest Additon Leeds Interment Additon Cemetery Leeds

Lenora Irene Additon Bath Loring R. Additon Monmouth Harry Lindsay Greene Francis E Eleanor Pettingill Howe Leeds Leeds Grange Moneaux Ernest. F Leslie F. Bryant Pond Ivan B Norway Edna Lindsay Loring R Eva Pratt Auburn Ernest Additon Additon

Bowker Rites Held for Mrs Afton Bowker in Bath

Jenniebelle May Bowker 70 died suddenly Sunday night at 11 East Lane. Funeral held Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev J Schaper officiating. burial in Oak Grove Family members present included husband Afton C Bowker and sisters Adelaide Shaughnessy Doris Rich. She was born May 1 1884 in Bath, educated at Bath High School, lifelong resident, survived by seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren and several siblings.

Jenniebelle May Bowker Qme East Lane Curtis Funeral Home Rd J. Schaper J .Street Church Ak Grove William Shaughnessy Maurice Nadeau Alfred Gannon Percy Robbins Bowker Bath Frederick L Mary I. Willis Bath High School Afton Adelaide Shaughnessy Doris Rich Saco Maude Gannon Braintree Mass Madelyn Nadeau Eileen Wilson

Mrs Gertrude E Caverly Rites Held in Lowell Mass

Dr Herbert T Caverly and son Herbert T Caverly Jr of Washington Street traveled to Westfield New Jersey after the sudden death of Dr Caverly's mother Mrs Gertrude Edith Caverly at Guilford Park New Jersey. Services were conducted Saturday at Edison Cemetery Chapel in Lowell Massachusetts with Mrs Caverly and daughter Lardina joining from Bath for the funeral.

Herbert T. Caverly Washington Street Westfield N. J Caverly Gertrude Edith. Caverly Orrin G. Caverly Guilford Park Edison Cemetery Chapel Lowell Mass

George Young Funeral Services

Funeral services for George Young are set for noon at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. David L officiating.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Clyde Foggin Marjorie Kennedy Odd Fellows Hall Mt. Carmel Bert Darrah Myron Douglass Clifford Gray Leslie Roberts Margaret Duren Alice Gilpatrick Mina Clark Ruth Stilphen Courtney Hinkley Raymond Libby Edna Purington Lisbon Falls Peacock Beach Pleasant Pond Bowdeinham Red Cross Main Pleasant Streets Wilbur L. Emerson Pleasant Street Glenn B. Lamoreau Fuller Street Social Order of the American Legion Lamoreau University of Maine Emerson Lane American Legion Kennebec County Department of Maine American Legion National Committee of Law and Order Ernest Cunningham Hugh Lancaster Russell McPherson Beulah Rebekah Lodge W. W. Gardner Patricia Stinson Gardiner Hospital Gertrude Goodwin Vincent Jones Main Street Rendle Jones Vincent C. Jones State Y.M.C.A Winthrop Clarence Skelton West Medford Thomas Duddridge Gertrude Anderson Thornton Heights South Portland C. B. Kennedy Ferry Road John Thrower Beech Street John Robertson Bruce Henderson Dorothy Pridham Melrose Carole Ann Henderson Robert Reynolds David Williams Arther Wentworth Olin Kelly National Guard Camp Drum Marila Tarr Richard Derby Litchfield Corner Addie Anderson Percy Chetley Lloyd Chetley Joan Pennino New York City Jason Harwood Edith Harwood Moody Air Base Valdosta Anes Air Force Base Biloxi Americas O.B.C Pierce Marine Service Maine Georgetown Sidney Dalrymple Kennebec Point Associates Kennebec Point Marblehead Robert Read Annie L Prescott L. Steadman James Dunton Dunton Jimmie Joan Dunton Quebec Miss Dunton Egnace Strasfogel New York Symphony Everett Haines Helen Walker Thomas Walker Gunnar Solveson Douglas Solveson Thora Berggreen Stated Island Frye Place Georgetown Center Roscoe P. Todd Warren S. Todd William W. Todd Stoneham Rebecca Hourwich Reyher Chicago, Ill Melvin Jackson Reyher House Jacqueline Charbonnier Florida Charbonnier France Roy Smith Towson Maryland Frank Bakers Bryn Mawr Joseph Breithaupt Drexel Harold J. Brown, Jr St. Joseph Walter F. Parker Providerce, R. L Dorothy W. Oliver Kingston Joseph F. Higgins Miss Oliver Kingston High School Connecticut Berkshires Bennington Vermont New Hampshire Rudolf H. Trafton David Trafton Dudley Allen Harold J. Brown Alex Reynolds, Jr Merion J. W. Brettman Alabama Brettman Eeeee Chapel Carolyn W. Quarles Harriett Worrell Rockmere Sebasco Philip Jacob Robert Lundquist Barbara Rae Needham Lundquist Walter Thomas Malden Island Albert Wong Wellesley Island Home Club Vincent Strout William Marr Richard B Carey Silver Springs Carey Percy MacGillivary Eugene Reynolds John MacGillivary Robert Titterington East Bridgewater Barbara Jean Pratt Francis Pierce William Sherman Chester Hobart Wollaston Anna Worrell Philadelphia Rockmere Lodge Clayton Doyle Yarmouth Victor Pinkham Kenneth Haener Norwalk Chester Pinkham Izetta Pinkham Alton Reed Harold Rowe Bina Marr Francis Norman Norton New Jersey John Hamilton West Bath Arthur Nelson Georgia Mrs Ransom Sawyer Fred White Winthrop, Mass Orrin White Belfast Arthur Cote Media Rockmere Cottage Marion Ainley Mrs. Wiley Leslie Ainley Robert Beal Alexandria Harbor Home Madeline Berry Mabel Dickey Miss Berry Leonard Gould Susanne Hall Cottage Gould St. Petersburg West Acton Islands Joseph Rowe Sherdon Rowe Lester Davis Arthur Marr, Jr Malden Marr Cottage Truman Chase Fairfield Merle Wilkins Plainwell Mich Roland Wilkins Albion Carroll Wolcott Waterville Rose Wilkins Livermore Falls Donald Kenney Mildred Russell Barbara Lewis Harold Bowes Conn Maurice Nelson Hallowell Carl Pearson Somerville Harvey Urann Cecil Pooray Percy Wilkins Roger Ayer Paul Thompson J.G. Stevens George Yeo Reading Arthur Cochrane Albert Moore Myricks Mr. Cochrane Ralph Cochrane Hiram Pierce Starksboro, Vt A. G. Pierce Mabel Underwood Stanley R. Vigue Etta F. Wallace Frank Danforth Edgar E. M’neil Mrs. Berenice Barter Mrs. Maude J. Stevens Mrs. Loring I. Additon Mrs. Afton C. Bowker Gertrude E. Caverly George Young George Curtis Funeral Pont David L M. H. Page North St Berveber Menon
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