Richmond camp notes and local obituaries
Rich mond camp section details youth programs under Jim Wiegand with Bible periods music and games through Aug 13 plus speakers from Shantymen's Mission New Brunswick Bible Institute and more. closing session features Dr I V Neprash with keynote Bible exposition and Russian language meeting added. Also lawn party plans at St Ambrose July 23 and various civic notices plus engagements and deaths in Richmond including Calvin Walter James and Hartley Ranger with service details.
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Felon
Arnold Carl W
Inany
Youth For Christ
Jim Wiegand
Pinebrook Camps
Percy Crawford
Medley
Shantymen’s Mission
Malcolm Duff
New Brunswick Bible Institute
Carl Gough
Paul Ferrin
Trodelan
I. V. Neprash
Neptash
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Jeree P. Starr
Penobscot
Floyd Hamilton
Korea
Delmar Smith
Africa
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Kimball Street
Frank M. Fellows
Marilla Tarr
Margaret Derby
Elizabeth Haynes
Mina Clark
Florence Anderson
Lillian Haynes
Ruse Curtis
Ruth Stilphen
Andrew Friend
Chestnut Street
Helen B
John L. Fickett
Jeannette Robinson
Fuller Street
Fickett
Shreveport
U. S. Air Force
Pushard-Guiou Post
Methodist Y. A. Y. F. Club
Fort Edgecomb
Dresden Night Guest Officers Serve Olive Branch Chapter
Dresden news notes guest officers including Lil Allace Esther and Hallowell in the Olive Branch chapter with a long list of officers. A car accident near Dresden Mills injures no one but turns car over. residents sheltered the family. Pvt. F Eugene Reed arrives in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division after marrying Yvonne Bailey last year. Community updates include pond visits, theater employment in Camden, and St Johns parish auxiliary summer sale slated July 23 with rain date.
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Turday
Olive Branch
Lilallace
Incourt
Albert Galouppe
Esther
Hallowell
Betty Kendrick
En Kendrick, Jr
Mt. Carmel
M Hutchinson
Mt. Pisgah Pter
Boothbay Harbor
Laura Evans
Garrison Hill
Wiscasset
Alice Jackson
Lakeview
Jefferson
Annie Muise
Mt. Pisgah
Eleanor Cushing
Pemaquid
Hazel Tenny
Chrystal
Damariscotta
Marshal
Virginia Dunklee
Richmond
Edna W . Crystal
Adah
Quebec
Pvt. Reed
Fort Dix
N. J
Yvonne Bailey
Oscar Bailey
Charles Dorr
Eulelia Pray
Frank Cheney
Bangor
Judith
Patricia
Nancy
Cynthia
John Frey
David
Carl Graves
West Bath
Pleasant Pond
Roger Frey
University of Maine
Camden
Camden Hills
St. John's Parish
Alpert Willis Wedding July 7 in Montreal
Mr and Mrs Marshall L Willis announce the marriage of their daughter Doreen E Willis to Maurice D Alpert son of Mrs Verna D Alpert of Brewer. The ceremony occurred July 7 at 4815 Westmore Ave Montreal. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle Harold N Kelley. A small reception followed. Doreen Willis graduated Morse High 1949 and Colby College 1953. Maurice Alpert graduated Brewer High and Maine Maritime Academy. He attended UVa and now works as third officer with Victory Carriers Inc. They will reside in New York City.
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Marshall L. Willis
Middle Street
Doreen E. Willis
Maurice D. Alpert
Verna D. Alpert
Brewer
William Handley
Westmore Avenue
Montreal
Quebec
Harold N. Kelley
Alpert
Cromwell Couple Returns After Fourth Visit
Mr and Mrs Stanley Henderson and sons Robert and William of Cromwell Connecticut returned Tuesday morning after visiting Mr and Mrs David Henderson of North.
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Stanley Henderson
Robert
William
Cromwell, Conn
Henderson
David Henderson
North
Connards Host Cowdrey Couple After LST 1159 Launch
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Connard entertained Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roy T. Cowdrey at York Hall on Thursday following the launching of the LST 1159 at Bath Iron Works.
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G. B. Connard
Roy T. Cowdrey
York Hall
Bath Iron Works
Georgetown Maine Alumni Picnic and Town News Highlights
Georgetown Maine alums hosted a Fourth of July vestry supper at First Baptist with Rev John E Reedy and guests from North Edgecomb Werren Camp Chewonki Boston Gordon College and more. Fire at Marrtown near junipers called out Five Islands Fire Department. later under control by Marrtown Summer colony.
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Gordon College
Maine
First Baptist Church
John E. Reedy
Anne Adams
North Edgecomb
Bruce Cummings
Werren
Angelo Milo
Camp Chewonki
Margaret Waggoner
Boston
Charles Schauffele
Stanley Washburn
Gordon
Marrtown
Five Islands
Georgetown News
Eugene A. Gilmore
Iowa City
Iowa
Heals Eddy
Gilmore
University of Iowa
Judson Cross
Arthur Holt
Charles Brewster
Robert Waller
Eugenia Bradshaw and
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Obituary Gaetano Bertocci 74 Somerville native of Elena Italy
Gaetano A Bertocci 74 of Somerville Massachusetts died Tuesday born in Elena Italy and came to the United States in 1906 He leaves three sons S Theodore Bertocci Angelo P Bertocci and Peter A Bertocci all Boston University staff and three daughters Mrs Guy Piccolo Mrs Peter Lucarelli Mrs Francis McVight Funeral was held in Somerville and at Union Square Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m.
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Gaetano A. Bertocci
Somerville
Mass
Elena
Italy
S. Theodore Bertocci
High Street
Bath
Angelo P. Bertocci
Peter A. Bertocci
Boston University
Guy Piccolo
Peter Lucarelli
Francis McVight
Miss Sarah Silverman Hosts Nancye For Weeks at 175 Oak Street
Miss Sarah Libby Silverman of 175 Oak Street hosts for a few weeks Miss Nancye, with Lou Ballard of Harrodsburg, Kentucky visiting as a houseguest.
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Sarah Libby Silverman
Oak Street
Nancye
Lou Ballard
Harrodsburgh
Kentucky
Five Islands summer notices and local memos
The Five Islands ice cream parlor opens for the season and vacation bible school begins at Five Islands church Monday at 9 am. Library Auxiliary plans an apron sale on Aug 3 at Library Hall. Fire department responded to Marrtown but the blaze was not serious. Nature Study Class at Rockmere Lodge starts Monday at 2 pm for birds trees and flowers. Church members pack clothing for Korean refugees via Church World Service. another shipment is planned. Local residents and visitors are named, with numerous mentions of cottages, visits, and guests at Five Islands cottages and nearby towns throughout the period.
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Five Islands Church
Library Hall
Marrtown
Rockmere Lodge
Agency of
Church World Service
Bath Area Cottage Stays DrawWide Summer Guests
A long list of visitors and seasonal residents arrived at cottages around Bath and Malden Island. Among the names are Mrs. Brewer of Jacksonville, Dr. and Mrs. Boynton of Newton, Mrs. J. G. Stevens guest families, Mr. and Mrs. Olson of Pittsburgh, and many others from New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, and beyond. Families plan extended visits at Rockmere, Rockcrest, Seguinland, Harmons Harbor, and nearby cottages as summer arrivals continue.
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Bath
Harry Morin
Paul Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
J. G. Stevens
Olson
Pittsburgh
Rockmere Cottage
Irving Hanna
Lulu Hanna
George Ince
Pekin, Ill
Mass
Lester Davis
Eleanor
John V. Blasi
Chestnut Hill
Blasi
E. M. Blenn
Cambridge
Carl Breslin
Nashville, Tenn
G. W. Blenn
Washington, D. C
Blenn Cottage
Lester Lewis
Lawrence
Richmond
Lloyd Pinkham
Russell Harford
Rosina Smith
Yonkers
N. Y
Lincoln Campbell
Arthur Hunt
Boston
George Smith
Robert Beals
Col
Joseph Albert
Grady Cottage
Robert Wiley
Karen
Wallingford
Crow Island
Lowell D. Nichols
Dover
Howard
Howard Bacon
Waltham
Wilkins Camp
Rose McKeown
Carol Cunningham
Seguinland
Charles Jones
Massachusetts
Harmon's Harbor
Joseph Curley
Leominster
Hasenfus
Jerry Gray
Viking
Richard Walker
Russell Patton
Malden Island
Mr. Palmer
New York City
Frank Blake
Ralph Washburn, Jr
Auburndale
Roger Ayer
Augusta
George Yeo
Reading
Carl Rowe
Kittery
Harold Rowe
Clarence Watson
Farmington
Pleasant Villa Cottage
Delbert Page
S. W. Smith
Laconia
N. H
Harkins and companions visit Fort Dix service members
Mr and Mrs Daniel Harkins Mrs Milford Rice and Miss Jane Henderson spent the weekend at Fort Dix New Jersey visiting Pvt E/2 Milford Rice and Pvt Wilford Rice of the 364th Infantry Regiment 4th Platoon during post duties and family outreach.
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Daniel Harkins
Milford Rice
Jane Henderson
Fort Dix
N. J
E/2
Milford and
Wilford Rice
364Th Infantry Regiment
Past Lady's Club Guests in West Bath
Past Lady's Club of Myrtle Lodge entertained at Mrs. Sadie Davis's home in West Bath after a brief meeting. Announcement made of the State Field Day for Odd Ladies on July 15 at Reid Park Georgetown. A chartered bus will pickup in Portland Brunswick and Bath with 10 30 arrival, lunch on the trip.
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Myrtle Lodge
Sadie Davis
West Bath
Reid Park
Georgetown
Portland
Brunswick
Bath
Carlton Bridge
Davis
U. O
Sarah Potter
Arrowsic
Gertrude Stewart
Lait, 52, Dies During Bangor Visit. Rites Held in Bangor
Harry Lait of 44 Bluff Road Water ville died early Sunday at Thayer hospital after a Bangor visit with his brother. Funeral services were held Monday at his brother Lawrence Lait’s Bangor home with burial in a Bangor cemetery. Born November 21, 1900 in Old Town, he attended Old Town High School and the University of Maine. He lived in Bath for about 12 years and worked as a security patrolman at Bath Iron Works from 1946 to 1948, then with the government forestry department at Fort Williams, Portland since 1949. He belonged to Beth Israel synagogue American Legion Bath post Old Town Elks lodge and Forty and Eight. Surviving are his wife Jennie of Bath two daughters Roberta R. Lait and Irene Freedman both of Boston two brothers Saul of Old Town and Lawrence of Bangor. The Todd Lait American Legion post in Old Town was named for his brother Henry killed in World War I.
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Harry Lait
Bluff Road
Thayer Hospital
Waterville
Bangor
Lawrence Lait
Poplar Street
Old Town
Mr. Lait
Hyman
Rachel Lait
Lait
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Forestry Department
Fort Williams
Portland
Beth Israel Synagogue
American Legion Post
Old Town Lodge of Elks
The
Forty and Eight
Jennie
Roberta R. Lait
Irene Freedman
Boston
Saul
Lawrence
Todd-Lait
American Legion
Henry
Obituary: Herbert B Luce 94 Former NE Telephone employee
Herbert Boardman Luce, 94, longtime Bath resident and former postmaster at Allen's Mill, died at home after a career with Maine Telephone, Southern Bell, and New England Telephone. Born April 17, 1859, he lived in Bath about 40 years, was a 50-year Alpha Lodge member, and is survived by his widow Mary A. Peterson Luce and several relatives. Funeral at Curtis Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m. with Oak Grove interment.
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Herbert Boardman Luce
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
High Street
Allen's Mill
Industry
Moses
Lydia Luce
Bath
Luce
Old Maine Telephone Company
Farmington
Southern Bell Company
Maine
New England Company
Lewiston
Gardiner
Congregational Church
Alpha Lodge, R. of P
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
City Park Praised For Fine Condition And Lawn Care
City Manager Nathan C White receives praise from Cosmopolitan Garden Club president Mrs Marjorie E Whitney for the park’s appearance. Park head Walter Millett credits an early growing season with ample rain and a leaf grinding machine spreading mulch to keep grass healthy amid a dry spell. Rubbish barrels are placed and chained to trees to deter removal.
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Nathan C. White
Marjorie E. Whitney
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Whitney
Walter Millett
Park and Cemetery
Napoleon Corthell longtime Saugus teacher dies at 80
Napoleon B Corthell aged 80 died June 4 at his home after a lengthy illness. Born in Maine on Sept 30 1872 he taught in Saugus High School and Carter Junior High Chelsea then Morse High and other schools. He married Ethel Foster in 1903 celebrating 50th anniversary. Survived by wife son Robert F Corthell Jr and Norman David Corthell two grandchildren a sister and a brother plus nieces and nephews.
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Napoleon B. Corthell
Agus
Maine
Capt
Benjamin and
Mary Corthell
Saugus
Saugus High School
Carter
Chelsea
Morse High
South Portland School
A Ree
Chelmsford
Bass
Corthell
Bar Harbor
Castine Normal School
Harvard Summer School
Wentworth Institute
Lloyd
Boston
Cliftondale
John Mancock
Wollaston
Charles H. Bond
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Saugusa
Solar Lodge
Bath
Senge
Frontier Press Co
Robert F
Middlebury
Robert F. Corthell, Jr
Norman David Corthell
Melissa Torrey
Rollie A. Corthell
Coos Bay
Ore
Davis Hatch of Needham Dies After Ill Health
Davis Hatch of Needham Massachusetts died at his home Sunday after a period of failing health. Born in Bath he was the son of Davis Hatch and a Hatch. He attended Bath schools and later Boston where he studied at a business college and entered the brokerage investment field. For years he worked with Parkinson Burr Company before joining Tucker Anthony & Co of Boston, where he was employed at his death. Survived by his wife Alma B Hatch, a son Davis of Needham, a sister Mrs Pauline Hatch Twitchell of Haddonfield New Jersey, a brother Dunlap A Hatch of Bath, plus three nephews and two nieces.
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Davis Hatch
Needham
Mass
Bath
Davis
Arnold) Hatch
Hatch
Boston
of Parkinson & Burr Co
Tucker Anthony & Co
Alma B. Hatch
Pauline (Hatch) Twitchell
Haddonfield
N. J
Dunlap A. Hatch
Willard F Cromwell Dies in Bath at 77
Willard Franklin Cromwell aged 77 died at his Bath home on Thursday. Born June 25, 1876 in West Bath, he lived much of his life here as a veteran sailmaker. He worked at A. M. Cutler Sail Loft, Portland Sailmaking Co, Bath Iron Works joiner shop, and later in sheet metal. He belonged to Solar Lodge Masons. Survived by wife Jennie F Cromwell and three sons Arthur C Irving and W W Franklin Jr all of Bath.
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Willard Franklin Cromwell
High Street
West Bath
Calvin E
Zephalinda
Stitphen) Cromwell
Cromwell
Bath
A. M. Cutler
Portland Sailmaking Co
Bath Iron Works
Solar Lodge of Masons
Jennie F. Cromwell
Arthur
Irving
Www
Franklin, Jr
Sewalls to Move to Summer Home at Small Point
Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall plan to relocate Thursday to their summer home at Small Point. Their son William D Sewall, an employee of Boeing Aircraft Corp Seattle arrived Monday for a visit. He will be joined Friday by his wife and daughter Abbie.
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Arthur Sewall
Small Point
William D. Sewall
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Seattle
Wash
Abbie
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