Retired Richmond merchant Carlton Curtis marked 59 years on Main Street
Carlton H. Curtis after 60 years in business retires from a Richmond bakery and confectionery started in 1891. He bought Augusta Jackson’s store, sold candy fruit and seasonal ice cream, learned baking, moved to current shop in 1897, and plans gardening and civic involvement. His wife Myra Hopkins Curtis died in 1949. They had three children, with two daughters living. Community notes announce local delegates, Lodge honors, and various visits.
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Richmond
Carlton H. Curtis
Augusta Jackson
Mansir
Curtis
Richmond Lodge
Enterprise Grange
Home Corner Club
Baptist Church
Myra F. Hopkins
Alice Pauline Cronk
Marjorie (Curtis) Pierce
Benjamin
Sherwood Keith to star in Death Takes a Holiday play
Veteran actor and Boothbay Playhouse owner Sherwood Keith will headline Death Takes A Holiday next week. Susan Dolan plays the leading female with a strong supporting cast including Margo Brown and John Goss. The production opens Tuesday and runs through Saturday following the comedy Dulcy.
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Sherwood Keith
Boothbay Playhouse
Prince Sirki
Keith
Susan Dolan
Mr. Keith
Berwyn Playhouse
Philadelphia
Miss Dolan
Margo Brown
Emita Ostrom
Sue Garrick
Helen Troesch
Jean Cummins
John Hallow
Don Tutt
Joe Carmen
George Sherman
al Spindelman
John Goss
Playouse
Mr. Goss
Walpole
Mass
Dulcy
Philathe a class prepares for lawn party at Corliss Street church
Members of the Philathea class are urged to bring food candy and articles for the variety table to the Corliss Street church grounds by 6 45 p m tonight. Lighting is arranged by William Davis and Orris Ames with Victor Lonn and Lloyd Coombs Jr assisting.
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Corliss Street Church
William Davis
Orris Ames
Victor Lonn
Lloyd Coombs, Jr
Georgetown Summer Bible School program at First Baptist
A program will be presented at the First Baptist church on July 14 at 7 45 p m by children from the Daily Vacation Bible School to raise funds for school expenses. Enroll ment at the school stands at 32 to date.
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First Baptist Church
Vacaion Bible School
Cleaves Henderson
Shirley Hicks
Ruth Hicks
Elizabeth Thompson
Jessie Addams
Howard Fletcher
Robinhood
Providence Bible Institute
Earle F. Hulin
Erica Rosner
Robert Dewey
New York
Barbara Little
Georgetown
Alice Wentworth
R. N
Belgian Congo
Africa
Congo
Wentworth
Miss Wentworth
Miss Rosner
Louise Peterson
Roland E. Peterson
Dewey
Howard Heald
Hulin
Goose Rock Passage
Upper Westport
New Bridge
Goose Rock
Viking Tuesday Island Run Fare Listing
Seave Five Island trip time 11.25 a.m. eturning Leave Boothbay 3.30 p.m. Fares 35 cents each way. Leave TM to Bonhams and Bath. Round trip.
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Eave
Five Island
Boothbay Marbor
Bonhams and
Bath
Rena Ss
Deave
Ladies Day Plans at Scarborough Downs
Scarborough Downs designates Thursday as Ladies Day with the motto Ladies Welcome. Ladies attending the afternoon races gain grandstand and clubhouse admission by paying only the federal tax and a small service charge. Notable participants include Mona McNaughton training her own runners and L. McKnight, a leading winter owner on the New England circuit.
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Scarborough Downs
Mona McNaughton
L. McKnight
New England
Community club hosts covered dish supper and hosts vary schedule
The Community club met Thursday evening for a covered dish supper. Fred White was elected vice president to fill the vacancy from Dr Irvin Bookridge's death. Whist games and a changing schedule noted. July 31 and Aug 28 games set at Mrs Madge O'Brien home. Aug 7 at Seacrest. Local divers searched harbor for lost moorings from Malden Island. Mr Buggs’ new boat anchored off Five Islands. Many residents and visitors listed with summer activities, sermons, and church services at Georgetown Baptist and Providence Bible Institute connections.
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Fred White
Irvin Bookerridge
Madge O’brien
Seacrest
Hanson
Bath
Malden Island
Buggs
Norman Odgdon
Boothbay Harbor
Susie
Mansfield Moore
A. G. Pierce
Pierce’s Point
Mile Beach
Reid Park
Georgetown Church
Providence Bible Institute
Alice Wentworth
Belgian Congo
Wentworth
Harriet Nicholl
Wollaston
Mass
Allen Atkinson
Robert Tetterington
Brockton
Branwell Harford
Robert Heigham
Lowell
Frank Blake
Roger Ayers
Augusta
Paul A. Thompson
Martha Doakes
Andrea
Norman Howard
Daniel R. Rutherford
Eastport
D. W. Staffeld
Luke Roy
Laconia
N. H
Emery Holt
Herman Barter
Leon Williams
Olive
Blake Camp
Berry
Waterville
Lester Lewis
Lawrence
Richmond
Arthur Johnson
Emma Blenn
Carl Bresslin
Sedgemere Road
Charles Cummings
Horce McClure
Recount Sought in Sagadahoc County Ballots After Inspection
John L. Jack of Topsham seeks a recount for Sagadahoc County Probate on the Republican ticket after an inspection of Bath ballots hinted a McClure gain. Elizabeth Moffatt also seeks a recount, with Forrest Legard’s lead altered by a June 30 inspection. timing depends on Governor and Council meeting July 27.
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John L. Jack
Topsham
Sagadahoc County
Secretary of State
Jack
J. Horace McClure
Bath
McClure
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Forrest C. Legard
Moffatt
Legard
Governor posts name of Rubin for county attorney
Governor Frederick W. Payne on Tuesday posted Harold J. Rubin of Bath as Sagadahoc County Attorney to fill the unexpired term of Ralph O. Dale who died recently. The appointment awaits the governor council approval after the seven day posting period and Rubin was the Republican candidate chosen by the Sagadahoc County Republican committee in Bath in June for the September state election ballots.
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Frederick W. Payne
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Sagadahoe County
Ralph O. Dale
Rubin
Sagadahoc County
Republican Committee
Unlucky Thirteen Have Chickenpox in Bath Area
The Maine Department of Health report lists seven days ending July 1 with thirteen chickenpox cases, eight mumps, two streptococcal nasopharyngitis in Bath. In Sagadahoc county, Phippsburg reports two chickenpox, West Bath five, Woolwich one. Woolwich records three mumps.
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Maine State Department of Health and Welfare
Phippsburg
West Bath
Woolwich
Sagadahoc County
Family Visits and Military Homecomings Across Several States
Chester MacMahan Jr returned Saturday after most of a three year Korea service with recent duty in Hawaii. Richard Carey visited for the weekend. Rochester N Y and Maynard Mass guests stayed with local families, while East Milton Mass and Dorchester Mass guests enjoyed recent visits. Yarmouth and Somerville weekend gatherings were hosted by local couples and families.
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Maurice Pinkham
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Korea
Hawaii
Richard Carey
R. A. Darron
Rochester
N. Y
D. W. Staffeld
Edward Stucci
New York
George Lee
Joseph Bertrand
East Milton
Mass
John Blake
Dorchester
Stanley Lewis
Lincoln Campbell
Arthur O'Hare
Maynard
Clifford Landry
Somerville
Stinson Davis
Harold Rowe
Edward Davis
Yarmouth
Rescue Of Man Falls From Carlton Bridge In Bath
Donald H. Wilson 38 of Raymond was rescued from the Kennebec river after leaping or falling about 60 feet from Carlton bridge. He was brought to Bath Memorial Hospital by police and treated. A boat crew led by Richard Foote and John Cummings pulled Wilson from the water with a boy aboard.
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Donald H. Wilson
Raymond’s Court
Kennebec River
Carlton Bridge
Bath Memorial Hospital
Byron E. Clark
Irvine C. Mank
Wilson
Richard Footer
Washington Street
John W. Cummings
High Street
Footer
Peter Child
Bath
Cummings
Central Church to Renovate Interior and Flooring
The Rev Laforest E Hodgkins announced plans to repaint the interior and install a new carpet at Central Congregational church with replastering to occur in August during a period without worship. Burt Osgood Jr will supervise plastering and painting as the Prudential committee organizes a special fundraising gathering. A member has offered 1500 dollars if others match, and plans for visiting members to solicit funds were set for July 19 at the Steen home.
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Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Burt Osgood, Jr
Prudential Committee
A. M. Main
Howard Steen
Bath and Rockland Eye Junior Legion Playoffs
Arrangements for the Junior Legion third district play offs between Bath and Rockland are under way. The series must be completed before July 23 and will likely be decided on a two out of three basis. Announcement dates of the playoff schedule are expected soon.
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Legion Third District
Bath
Rockland
Pine Haven Camp Opens On Monday
Pine Haven Day Camp opened Monday morning at Sewall's Woods with nearly 100 girls registered. The opening included a nature scavenger hunt, an all camp sing, and planning for two weeks of activities. Richard Carter is named camp burglar and water carrier for Brownie units.
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Pine Haven
Sewall's Woods
William A. Niss
Maurice Hutchins
Richard Carter
Frank Butcher
Stanley Comeau
Cyrus Ashe
Leo Gallant
Emerton Gross
Roy Lawrence
Lionel Lessard
Henry Albert
Karl Backman
Richard Goodwin
Keith Jameson
James King
Robert McRae
Albert Quinn
Frank Talbot
Obituary Clementine Rouillard 74 Died at Son's Home
Clementine Rouillard 74 died Saturday at the home of her son Ernest Farrin in Bath after visiting two weeks Born January 6 1876 in St Heden Can daughter of John and Mary Begin Carrier widow of Leon Rouillard She was a member of the Womens Society of St Anne Survivors include three sons Ernest Bath Joseph Gaudias Canada two daughters Mrs Antonio Pouliot Bath and Mrs Philip Drouin Canada two brothers John Carrier Ferdinand Carrier many grandchildren and nieces The body will go to St Justin Que for funeral and burial Friends may call Mayo funeral residence until 10 pm
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Clementine Rouillard
Ernest Farrin Street
St. Henedine
Can
John
Mary Begin Carrier
Leon Rouillard
Women's Society of
St. Anne
Ernest
Bath
Joseph
Gaudias
Canada
Antonio Pouliot
Philip Drouin
John Carrier
Ferdinand Carrier
St. Justin
Que
Mayo
Bathurst hotel owner William Cormier dies at lake
William Cormier of Bathurst New Brunswick died Sunday from a heart attack after falling overboard while fishing. His body was recovered and a requiem mass was held Tuesday in Bathurst with burial in the local cemetery. He owned the Hotel De Grasse and is survived by his mother, a son, and four half-sisters.
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William Cormier
Bathurst
N. B
Canada
Funeral for Harold E Babine at St Marys Church
Harold E Babine funeral held Friday morning at St Marys church with Rev Timothy C Maney officiating Bearers included Edward Gallant George Babine Jr Raymond Irish and Clarence Dalton Burial in Calvary cemetery family plot with Rev John E Bellefontaine delivering the committal at the grave
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Harold E. Babine
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Edward Gallant
George Babine, Jr
Raymond Irish
Clarence Dalton
Calvary Cemetery
John E. Bellefontaine
George P Poor Funeral Rites Held Saturday
Funeral services for George Phillip Poor were held Saturday afternoon at two oclock at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street with Rev. Charles R Sims of Elm Street Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George Phillip Poor
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
Elm Street
500-Pound Tuna Hauls In Fourth of July Catch
Ivan Murphy from R F D 1 hauled a 500 pound tuna on the Fourth of July, using a handline from a 35 foot boat at Bull Grounds near Flagg Island about 15 miles from Sebasco. He fished with a party of 10, used a live hake as bait, and brought the fish to the Sebasco Fisherman's Association wharf for shipment to Boston. He keeps harpoons for surface-sighted fish.
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Ivan Murphy
R.F.D. 1
Murphy
Bull Grounds
Flagg Island
Sebasco
Sebasco Fisherman’s Association
Boston
Gillette Couple Leave for Washington D C
Adm and Mrs Claude S Gillette of Washington street are spending two weeks in Washington D C staying at local hotels and visiting landmarks during their trip.
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Claude S. Gillette
Washington Street
Washington, D.C
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