Richmond Club Picnics Grange Meeting and District Convention
The Women's Republican club held a Saturday noon picnic at Mrs. George Clarke’s home. A grange program followed in Richmond corner. Rev. Norton preached at Baptist church, and Rev. Ives spoke at Methodist. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin’s funeral was at St. Ambrose with Rev. Henderson officiating. she is survived by four children and was born in 1868 in Cauteau Quebec. The Townsend district convention will be at the Richmond grange hall with U S Rep James C Oliver and others speaking. police report a disturbance at Booker Douglas’s Front street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Republican Club
George Clarke
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Grange
Richmond Corner
Lester Norton
Baptist Church
Badge of Christian
Methodist Church
Alfred Ives
Elizabeth Martin
St. Ambrose Church
Thomas Henderson
Mass
Hagardville
Conn
Townsend
Richmond Grange Hall
Richmond
Earl MaFee
U. S
James C. Oliver
Maine
Robert Milliken
Portland
Ralph Perkins
Ralph Weeks
Orono
St. Louis
Enterprise grange degree team of Richmond performs third and fourth degrees
Merrymeeting grange Bowdoinham met Friday evening. Mrs. Mina Floyd master of Enterprise spoke briefly and introduced Ernest Morrill of Westfield Massachusetts. Supper was served by the women of Merrymeeting grange. About one hundred persons were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Mina Floyd
Enterprise
Ernest Morrill
Westfield
Mass
Boy Scout Donn Fendler Revisits Katahdin Trail
Donn Fendler of Ryg New York with his parents and two brothers visited Baxter Park on a trip that recalls his 1939 disappearance in the region. The family plans to retrace the route Donn took during his remarkable wilderness ordeal to reconstruct the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn Fendler
Ryg
N. Y
Ryan
Tommie
Baxter Park
Mount Katahdin
Fendlers
Donn
Westport Visitors Enjoy Maine Summer at Jewetts Cove
Mrs Chester Garland and family from Waltham Mass. arrive with son Jimmie and daughter Joan to spend the summer at Jewetts Cove. Numerous guests from Massachusetts New Jersey New York and Connecticut visit the Harrison Graumann and Jewett households at Brooks Point Rum Cove and the Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Garland
Jimmie
Joan
Waltham
Mass
Jewetts Cove
Frank Miller
Pine Lodge
Florida
Lizzie Cromwell
Clara McEachern
Woolwich
Fred Robinson
Arlington
Miass
Wayside Farm
Len Greenaway
Reading
Bill Calloway
New Jersey
Rudy Meese
New York City
John B. Harrison
New England
Maine
Florence Newman
Waterbury
Brooks Point
John Walker
Charles Hanley
Belmont
Ernest Graumann
Roslindale
William Adams
Edward
Dorchester
Virginia Jewett
California
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity
Deertrees Theatre Hosts Tallulah Bankhead in The Second Mrs Tanqueray
Bath residents attended the Deertrees theatre in Harrison to see Tallulah Bankhead and her New York Company perform The Second Mrs Tanqueray. Bankhead received a warm ovation and a brief speech after the show. Archibald Gallup born Friday to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Gallup of Groton Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Nichols
John H. Hyde
Miriam W. Kimball
Deertrees
Harrison
Tallulah Bankhead
New York
William B. Bankhead
House of Representatives
Lloyd Gallup
Groton, Conn
Archibald Gallup
Archibald M. Main
Garden Street
Lobster supper by Georgetown Working League draws crowds
A well attended lobster salad supper was hosted by the Ladies of the Working League at the Bapuist vestry on Tuesday of last week. About 60 could sit at once, tables were reset three times to serve all, with Mrs. John R. Blackie as general chair. The event listed committees for kitchen, dining, coffee, and pies, and featured a menu of lobster salad tomatoes cucumbers potato chips hot rolls butter doughnuts pie and coffee. Attendance included visitors from Bath and Five Islands and noted locals and visitors from Salem and Melrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
Bapuist
League
John R. Blackie
Belle Heald
Koehlwelter
Howard Trafton
Ernest Heal
Warold ‘Brown
J. F. Higgins
Pewter Hamilton
Dorothy Oliver
Keehlwetter
Blackley
Calhoon
W. A. Todd
Roy Newman
W. V. Cummings
Bath
Tolands
Philip Blaisdell
F. P. Moffatt
Alfred Rowe
Clayton Rowe
Miss Dowling
Joint Tournament at Bath Country Club
Two quarterfinal matches in the combined President's Cup and R. Rodger McInnes Handicap tourney at Bath Country Club featured Al Pelletier defeating Wilfrid Girard 1 up and Dr. Fran cis A. Winchenbach topping L Eugene Thebeau 9 8. First round results include Don Perry over Frank Danforth 5 3 and Pelletier over Dr. Herbert Caverly 1 up. Buck and Brownell deadlocked twice ahead of a playoff. Trophies for the Hyde Memorial Tournament have arrived, including a gold plaque to remain on display and two eight day clocks for low amateur and best professional scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Rodger McInnes
Bath Country Club
al Pelletier
Brunswick
Wilfrid Girard
Francis A. Winchenbach
L. Eugene Thebeau
Leon Buck
Bob Brownell
Don Perry
Frank Danforth
Herbert Caverly
Howard Mayo
Wilfred Chaney
Joe Fullmer
Elwood Toothaker
Rodney Ross, Jr
Eugene Thebeau
Paul Gregware
F. A. Winchenbach
Harold Cole
Buck and
Brownell
Toothaker
Chaney
Hyde
John H. Hyde
Fisherman Suffer Burns After Boat Engine Fire
Maurice Pye, a veteran Small Point fisherman, was burned on the head and arms when the 40 foot Hampton bound for Portland developed engine trouble near West Point. Backfiring during adjustments ignited gasoline flames, the engine box caught fire, but he and his brother Charles extinguished it and reached port. The injuries were painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Portland
West Point
Hampton
Mr. Pye
Charles
Mr Pye
Annual Bath Chapter Banquet Acknowledges Work of Members
The Bath Chapter held its annual banquet with thanks and by Mr Tubbs suggestion Mr Day received similar appreciation for his service. Harold W McElman returned to Boston Navy Yard after a two week stay at 60 Bedford Street Bath and underwent a threat operation at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubbs
Day
Harold W McElman
Boston Navy Yard
Bedford Street
Bath
McElman
Memorial Hospital
Five Islands community notices mix events and visitors
Community calendar from Five Islands lists a Women's Library Auxiliary meeting at Madelyn Berry's home on July 23 with a rain date July 25, plus plans for an August sale and a two week Vacation Bible School starting July 22. A birth, names of visiting relatives, baptisms, and frequent local traffic of residents and guests appear, detailing cottages, travels to Boothbay and Philadelphia, and summer social activity among families and clergymen in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Newman
S T. Louis
Town
Boothbay Harbor
Roy M. Newman
Theodore Bevin
Manchester
N. H
BE. C. Clarey
Bevin
Madelyn Berry
Women's Library Auxiliary
Koehlwetter
Arthur William, Jr
Arthur William Davis
North Anson
Davis
Lester Davis
Good Neighbor Club
William Marr
Herbert Moore
Belmont
Mass
Shirley Moore
Mary Louise Pinkham
Ida McGillivary
Staffelds Cove
Keehlwetter
Bath
C. R Sims
Chaney
Five Islands Road
Zetta Higgins
Stanley W. Bright
Detroit
Mich
Bright
Dorothy Burlingame
Burlingame
Joseph L. Nason
Brockton
Five Islands
Rockcrest
William H. Davis
Merton Davis
Portland
C. C. Davis
Leon Williams
L. H. Rowe
Haiti
Baltimore
Popham Notes Highlight Summer Guests and Local Life
Popham notes recount a busy season with visitors from Boston Bath and Bath. Families like Butler Hodgkins Sprague and Humphreys gather at cottages while others entertain luncheon and host guests from St Paul and Staten Island. Several residents suffer tonsillitis as cottage life continues with trips to White Mountains and piano gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Butler
Robert
Waltham
Segeberg Cottage
William Hodgkins
East Boston
Popham
Walter Sprague
Hodgkins
Virginia
Henry Leonard
Clarence Perkins
Elisha Bridges
Follette
Hagaman
Carlson
River Beach
Fred Humphreys
Humphreys
Fred Hill
Harry Deering
Elizabeth Gibbons
William Adams
Edward True
Lloyd Steeves
Edward Lennon
Clinton McFadden
Roscoe McFadden
Reisinger
St. Paul
Minn
George Merrill
Georgiana McFadden
Fritz Klippel
White Mountains
William MacCormick
Boston
Dauphin Cottage
Pines
John Gerry
Margaret
Tan
Staten Island
N. Y
Horace Morse
Gerry
Norman Mackinnon
Norman
Bath
Rollo Morton
Bridpton
Raymond Larrabee
Morton
Lormerly
Coast Guard Station
Clifton Morong
Alonzo Morong
Willan Morong
Madison
George Morong
Parker Head
Filler J Buell
Mabel I Buell
Alfred Po Viscounte
Wal- Thiam
Mass
Sedgebere
Dora Bridges
Marione Cummings
Young
Jamie Cray
Gris Crowley
Flkurush Wain
Syracesile
Forest Winn
Barbara Spracie
Arlene Perkins
White
Witte Spot
Village school memories and Bath theater trips
In winter 1906 07 a student boarded at John H Stacy's and pursued village changes while seeking old friends and pupils. Locals Mr and Mrs Moses Chandler visited Bath for theater. Bath visitors included Otis Card and son Richard and several Bath families at Jones cottage. McGuires Bakery owner leased Woodman cottage for season staying there nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Stacy
Moses Chandler
Bath
Otis N. E. Card
Richard
Popham
Frank Jones
William Briggs
Jones Cottage
McGuire
Woodman Cottage
Widow Rachel Gilmore Dies at 96 in Woolwich
Mrs. Rachel J. Gilmore 96 widow of John Gilmore died Tuesday morning at her son Cyrus H. Gilmore’s Woolwich home after illness. Born January 16, 1844, she was the town’s oldest resident, lifelong Woolwich. Survived by two sons John C. and Cyrus H. Gilmore, two daughters Mrs Costello P. Hall and Mrs Adelbert W. Hall, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and many relatives. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cyrus H. Gilmore’s Barley Neck road house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel J. Gilmore
John Gilmore
Cyrus H. Gilmore
Woolwich
Death of Dr Linwood Dorr Longtime Dresden Mills Physician
Dr Linwood H Dorr 73 a longtime Dresden Mills physician died Saturday night after ten days illness He was born December 30 1866 in Gardiner son of Heseltine and Isabelle Dorr He studied at Bates College and graduated from University of Vermont Medical School He also trained in New York hospitals He marked 500 years of continuous practice there last February Survived by wife Altena Weeks two Belmont Mass cousins and Phillips He served as an honorary Bath Memorial hospital staff member and had a 1909 Legislature term before remaining in Dresden Mills as a physician
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood H. Dorr
Dresden Mills
Heseltine
Isabelle H. Dorr
Gardiner
Dorr
Bates College
University of Vermont
New York
Dresden Mills Masonic Lodge
Altena Weeks
Belmont
Mass
Phillips
Bath Memorial Hospital
New York City
Miss Mary E. Upton Dies at 81
Miss Mary E. Upton 81 a longtime nurse in Boston died Wednesday morning at the Old Ladies Home where she had lived six years She was born in Bath daughter of the late Elijah and Mary Upton a Swedenborgian faithful She leaves one sister Mrs Benjamin A Wilmott Leominster Mass Funeral will be Friday at two in the Old Ladies Home and burial will follow in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Upton
Boston
Old Ladies Home
Miss Upton
Bath
Elijah
Mary Upton
Benjamin A. Wilmott
Leominster
Mass
Oak Grove
Funeral for Laura Morse at Mayo residence
Miss Laura Morse a 22 year employee in the Sagadahoc probate registry was laid to rest Thursday at one in Arthur F Mayo funeral residence on High street. Reader Mrs Fred O Hayward of the First Church of Christ Scientist. Bearers included John L Jack Fred H Thompson Hiram T Stevens Roscoe G Bailey Charles W Messenger Loring D Small Garret J Galvin Ralph E Wright. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura M. Morse
Sagadahoc
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Fred O. Hayward
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Register of Probate
John L. Jack
Fred H. Thompson
Hiram T. Stevens
Roscoe G. Bailey
Charles W. Messenger
Loring D. Small
Dow Funeral Held For William S Dow At Home
The funeral of William S. Dow was held Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in his home at 424 Washington street. Roy Chester B Oliver of Wesley Methodist church officiated with bearers Arthur Berry Joseph Jenkins Frank Moses Leonard Munsey all fellow Hyde Windlass Co. workers. Dow had been a machinist there for over 25 years. Burial was in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Dow
Washington Street
Roy Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Methodist Church
Arthur Berry
Joseph Jenkins
Frank Moses
Leonard M. Munsey
Hyde Windlass Co
Dow
Wiscasset
Funeral for John H. Rucker Held at Oak Grove
The funeral for John H. Rucker was held Wednesday afternoon at the Arthur E. B. Mayo funeral residence. Dr. David L. Wilson conducted the service. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Rucker
Arthur EB
Mayo
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Navy officers spend weekend with friends at Boston Yard
Lieut. Julian F. Beeton Enston Charles Norris Ensign Thomas M Bennett and Ensign Edmund Hogeard of the U S S Gleaves now at the Boston Navy Yard passed the weekend with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian F. Beeton
Enston Charles Norris
Thomas, M. Bennett
Edmund Hogeard
U .S. S. Gleaves
Boston Navy Yard
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Front Street
Booker Douglas
Douglas
Lloyd Umberhind
Sidney Dee
Jean
Helen ‘Marriner
Eleventh Coast Artillery
Fort H. G. Wright
Fisher's Island
Barbara Pickens
Cumberland
Elson Hartford
Grace Lancaster
Everett
Harold Lancaster
Doris Hoyle
Lawrence
Robert Hoyle
Methuen
Mary Hmureciak
George Hoyle
Merrrymeeting Grange
Westport
Miss Bankhead
Georgetown
Back River
Gloucester
Ernest Curtis
Scott
Salem
Curtis
Wendell P. Todd
Salem Hospital
Howard Wakein
Dolov Spear
Zorach
Robinhood
Kennebunk
Walter Galman
George Pullman
Morris Levine
Belgrade Lakes
Levine
Prescott L. Steadman
East Poland
W. G. Frost
Ays
Frost
Arthur
Rowe
A. EF. Rowe
Lena Donnell
B. H. Woodside
Leon Willams
Mr. Williams
T. N. Williams
Selden Billington
Chelmsford
J. P. Gribben
Andover
Hanson
Donald
Rudolph Trafton
Frank Raymond
Steep Falls
Heald
Horace Ward
Sanborn
Heal
Damariscotta
Charles MacMahan
Walter Bean
Janice
Center
Mr. Bean
Massachusetts
Harold Hunt
Topsham
Marion Albers
John Thibodeau
Hunnewell’s
Woolwich, Maine
T L
Pera
Camery
Hamburg Oe
Richard Cummings
Elizabeth
Malden
Arthur ‘Marr
Herman Barer
Nancy
Vernon Gray
Emma L. Baker
Ida Readel
Lillian Heaver
Bertha Need
Norwood
Otis Baker
Little Good Harbor
Philbrook
Harbor View
Dick Harris
Harriet Worrell
Boothbay
John Staffeld
Lyndonville
D. W. Staffeld
Webster Harley
Hartley, Douglas and Webster
Charlotte and
Patricia
Milford, N. H
Seguinland
Gordon Maynard
Nashua
Edmund Purdy, Jr
Wilton
Frank Blake
Blake
R. H. Helghin
Forestdale Community Church
Ruby Donie
Philip Blake
Grace
William
Burlington
Emma Blenn
Bill
Latitia Blenn
Sedgemere Road
Cambridge
Fred Gowan
Edith Davis
Richard Potter
William McGrath
C. H. Sanford
Sanford
Orin White
Charles Kenney
Norman, Donald and
Warren
Cromwell
George McKinnon
Mr McKinnon
Frances Bacon
South Sudbury
Rockmere
Philadelphia
William Chase
South Freeport
Chase
Maurice Pinkham
Drummond Ro Stevens
Victor Piikminn
Ross Patterson
Rockport
Harriett Worrell
Nicholas O'Connor
Mary O'Connor
Herbert
R. H Sanford
Wesley Hall
Hazeltown
Penn
Eugene Hall
Ruthdall
West Acton
Hall Cottage
Victor Carey
Carey Cottage
Shirley Pollard
Newton
Preston Steadman
Denver
Col
Georgetown Center
William L. Berry
S. Lightbody
Helen Lightbody
Edna Goodwin
Rochester, N. T
Boyer
Cranshaw
Malden Island
George T. Nichols
Nichols
Sterling Jones
Percy Savage
Kittery
Walter Savage
Walter Houghton
Walter, Jr
Katharine
Ruth Hall
Arthur Richards
Richards
Bath Iron Works
Arthur Walker
Markuay Malcom
Larchmont
Bath Tron
Limekins Bay
Paul Fitzpatrick
al Rasmussen
Pauline
Freddie
Stanley Bright
Hilquist
Lindberg
Folsom
Cilenda Howard
G. H Smith
Gertrude Smith
Roland Fillows
H H. Sanford
Vernal Chaney
Franz Stevens James Connellan
Rocklind
ACME
Warry Pushard
Dresden
Pushard
Frances Stimpson
Faust
Mr&s
Linwood Dorr
Elijah Upton
Old Ladies Home Family
Laura Morse
W. S. Dow Funeral
J. H W. Rucker
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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