St Ambrose Card Party Supports Church Fund
A Richmond card party for St Ambrose church was held at the rectory Friday night. The night included prizes for whist and door, with more events planned for next Friday. Local scouts planned an overnight hike for July 22 and announced a new flash signal board for signaling practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ambrose
Esmond Merrill
Archer Terrell
Alfred H. Ives
Edmond Merrill
Roland Lord
Irvine Waltz
Wren
Clayton Irvine
Maynard Hinsley
Bowdoinham
Hope Lila
Pauline Darrah
East Jaffrey
N. H
Peterboro
Shirley Hewitt
Windsor
Richard Strout
Alice
Grace Hovey
Rumford
Mary Taylor
Englewood
N. J
William Lewis
Alton Shaw
Virginia
Methodist Church
Leader
St. Ambrose Church
Alice Mooney
Cambridge
Mass
Margaret Kearns
Monte Carlo
Virginia Nadeau
Rosewell Edgecomb
Vincent Marchese
Stephen Conley
Harpswell
Albert Hanson
Archie Hanson
Maine
Oakes Discharged on Driving Charge in Portland Court
Attorney Raymond S. Oakes defended his son Henry W. Oakes in municipal court over a July 8 speeding charge on Washington street. Judge Arthur J. Dunton found Henry W. Oakes not guilty after the defense argued a faulty speedometer and minimal traffic conditions. Earlier, two intoxication defendants pleaded guilty, each paying around $6 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Oakes
Portland
Governor's Executive Council
Henry W. Oakes
Standard Brands
Washington Street
Cedar
Arthur J. Dunton
Clark
Oakes
Legion Entertainment at Masonic Temple July 25 26
American Legion and auxiliary present two nights of entertainment at the Masonic temple featuring the radio guild presentation Were On the Air directed by Miss Betty Tower from Boston an old fashioned melodrama and an amateur hour with a matinee for children Monday the 25th committee members are Mrs John W Costain Mrs Ralph Gay Mrs Walter M Hill Mrs Bernard Pratt Mrs Carl E Stinson and Mrs Ambrose M Curran
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Masonic Temple
Radio Guild
Betty Tower
Boston
John W. Costain
Ralph Gay
Walter M. Hill
Bernard Pratt
Bees Relocated From Tree At New Meadows Home
A passerby complimented Mrs. Ellen Tolman of New Meadows on a fine swarm on a tree by her house. She called her husband and with nearby help moved the bees to a new home, resolving the situation quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Tolman
New Meadows
Georgetown Man Seriously Burns in Robinwood Farm Fire
Alonzo Twombley, a man in his 70s, sustained burns while rescuing his cat and two kittens from a Friday night blaze that destroyed his farmstead known as the old Jane Clarey place near Robinhood in Georgetown. He was hospitalized at Bath Memorial with non serious burns. A passerby and local residents aided, thinking the home belonged to Burnside Powers. Twombley reportedly lost cash and a cashed check in the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Twombley
Robinwood
Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Twombley
Everett Stevens
Alex Cunningham
Second Selectman
Cunningham
Bath
A. Powers
Twombley Farm
Twombley
Jane Clarey
Robinhood
Closer co operation urged to avert war at naval conference
James B. Hunter of Wollaston Mass urged closer Britain United States co operation to prevent war after attending the International Conference of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in London. He noted allies and officials including Archibald M. Main and Charles P. Wetherbee of Bath and Joseph W. Powell of Quincy. Hunter traveled with his wife Ethel Cochran and children John and Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
International Conference of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
London
James B. Hunter
Wollaston
Mass
Transylvania
British Isles
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Fore River
Hunter
Glasgow
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath
George B. Wetherbee
Joseph W. Powell
Quincy
American Society of Naval Architects
Ethel Cochran
Robert Cochran
John
Margaret
Miss Beaudet Is Fined For Reckless Driving
Eva E Beaudet of Boston with a Westport summer home pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to reckless driving. She was fined 20 dollars and ordered to pay 4 75 in costs after an auto crash on the Bath Wiscasset highway near Montsweag Sunday night. Willis C Merriman Jr Freeport drove the Ford roadster. Mrs Merriman suffered facial injuries. Attorney Edward W Bridgham represented Miss Beaudet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva E. Beaudet
Boston
Westport
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Harry L. Thompson
Bath-Wiscasset
Miss Beaudet
Willis C. Merriman, Jr
Freeport
Montsweag
Brother Officers Honor Col Owen
Returning from his last regimental encampment Col Henry W Owen of Bath was with the 240th Coast Artillery at Fort Williams He will reach retirement age next April and has long served Maine in military affairs Thursday evening brother officers in camp honored him with a wristwatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen
Bath
240Th Coast Artillery
Fort Williams
Col
Owen
Maine
Senator Sumner Sewall Hooks 300 Pound Tuna Near Humbolt Ledge
Senator Sumner Sewall of this city joined tuna fishermen Sunday and speared a 300 pounder about five miles beyond Humbolt ledge. The fight lasted about 20 minutes before the fish was subdued and hauled aboard the boat operated by Amos Wallace of Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Humbolt Ledge
Amos Wallace
Small Point
Maine firm Keyes Fibre posts higher six month earnings
Keyes Fibre Co. of Waterville reports for the first half of 1938 a net profit of 82726 after interest, depreciation and reserves, up from 59909 in the same period of 1937 and versus 65946 for all of 1937, as earnings trail exceeds earlier year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Keyes Fibre Co
Waterville
Georgetown Ladies Suppers Share Summer Fame
The Working League of the First Baptist church hosted a well attended supper featuring lobster salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, chips, hot rolls, pickles, doughnuts, pie and coffee. Visitors from Bath and many locals praised the menu and decor.
Benson family leaves Pittsburgh after grandfather's death
The Benson family from Pittsburgh consisting of Mrs. Benson two daughters Rosamond and Vera and two sons Stewarr and Robert occupied the Walter Williams house and left at 3 a m Sunday for Syracuse N Y due to their grandfather's death. They expect to return soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Thompson
Miss McGrath
Fletcher
Bar Harbor
Shirley N. C. Hicks
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clark
Sarah Jane Hinckley
Stephen Clark
California
Hicks
Harvard
Georgetown
Alonzo Twombly
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harrison Steadman wedding in Georgetown
A wedding occurred Friday at 2 p.m. at Wild Rose Farm Georgetown when Mrs Joan Morrell Harrison and Prescott L Steadman exchanged vows on the porch with small attendants. The ceremony followed by refreshments sent the couple on a brief honeymoon to Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain before returning to Georgetown and then Denver where Steadman is in business. The wedding drew many out of town guests including Mina Steadman Clark and Clarence Hill among others from Bath Irvington Sharon and Boston. Mrs Steadman will resume teaching in Bath upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Working League of the First Baptist Church
Bath
J. R. Blackie
W. A. Todd
H. M. Trafton
Belle Heald
J. F. Higgins
Lester Powers
Walter V. Cummings
Dorothy Oliver
B. H. Woodside
H. J. Brown
Kechlwetter
Henry Albers
Viola Buzzo
Emma Billings
Danny Levine
New York City
West Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Georgetown
Five Islands
Second Baptist Church
Miriam Lathrop
Boston
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
William Marr
Dorothy Hagan
Arthur E. Wyman
Sabattus
Fernald G. Bagley
Old Age Assistance Division
Harry L. Horne
Howard Horne
Judith
Glenridge
N. J
Horne
Chester L. Horne
New Haven
Conn
Mina Steadman Clark
Sharon
Mass
Edgar B. Hunt
Levine
Arthur Frank
Katherine Young
Bar Harbor
Roger S. Gammons
California
Frank Heald
Robinhood Cove
Gammons
Myron Buzzo
Connecticut
Georgetown Center
Susie S. Pettingill
Frye
Kennebec Point Road
Orville C. Oliver
Cox's Head
Phippsburg
Oliver
Lynn
Hilding Pearson
Gardner Hanson
Arlington
Doris Trafton
Mabel Nordstrom
Melrose
Trafton
Josephine Bonniwell
Judge Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Robert Bonniwell
Chestnut Hill
Harry D. Vehslage
Irvington
Vehslage
S. E. Emmons
Sebago Lake
Steadman-Harrison
Harrison
Nee Morrell
Robinhood
Joan Morrell Harrison
Prescott L. Steadman
Denver
Colorado
David L. Wilson
Steadman
Clarence B. Hill
Woodbury G. Frost
Dorothy
Poland
Charles Foster
Little Neck
L. I
Robert M. Dunton
Ruth
Robert, Jr
Sunday services and midweek meetings in local churches
Rev Clarence L Hoch preaches Sunday at Robinhood church 1030 with Sunday school, then Arrowsic church 2 pm and Arrowsic schoolhouse 730 pm. Midweek meetings Thursday 730 at Arrowsie schoolhouse and Friday 730 at Robinhood church. Plans set for Mr Shaw's choir in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Hoch
Robinhood
Arrowsic Church
Arrowsic
Arrowsie
Mr. Shaw
Ex-Governor Baxter Tours Labrador Coast
Former governor Percival P. Baxter has arrived in St Johns and will visit Labrador coast settlements including St Anthony s Bight where he funded a hospital for Eskimo dogs. He plans to reach Hopedale visiting Mc Travian Mission for about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival P. Baxter
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Labrador
St. Anthony's Bight
Grenfeld
Hopedale
McTravian
Thatoorne
Couple Files Marriage Intents in Portland
Ernest E. Pinkham age 74 of Bath and Cora B. Richards age 71 of 259 Orchard Street Portland filed marriage intents in Portland today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Pinkham
Bath
Cora B. Richards
Orchard Street
Portland
Five Islands Vacation Bible School Opens in Bath Area
The Five Islands Baptist church launched a two week Vacation Bible School with Miss Miriam Lothrop in charge and Rev. and Mrs. Frank lin Koehlwetter assisting. Classes run 9 to 12 daily Monday through Friday inviting all area youth amid a busy social scene of card parties dances and weekend visits from numerous families and visitors to Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands Baptist Church
Miriam Lothrop
Franklin Koehlwetter
William Marr
Dorothy Hagan
Five Islands
Bath
Herbert Moore
C. H. Sanford
Exeter
N. H
Charles
Belmont
Mass
George P. Worrell
Ralph R. Worrell
Philadelphia
Lillian E. Morse
New Haven
Moores
North Cape
Frank Blake
Malden
L. B. Chase, Jr
Katharine Porter
Reading
Doris Webber
Cambridge
Virginia Ainley
Francis Bacon
Sudbury
Lightbody Cottage
Frances Berry
Gardiner
F. B. White
Boston
George Philips
George
Medford
Elbridge Southard
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere
Osborne Larrabee
South Gardiner
Frank McMahan
Lucile
Ruth Deschamps
McMahan Island
Lee
Massachusetts
Floyd Cottage
Howard Chase
Howard
Freeport
Maurice Pinkham
Lester Lewis
Doris Kilbride
Vernon Gray
Vernal Chaney
Kittery
Russell Maloy
Richmond
Stella Powers
Mr. Brier
Lettie Harford
Ralph Glover
Somerville
William Farr
Rockcrest Cottage
A. E. Wyman
Sabattus
Noddin
Wilkins Camp
K. B. Mathewson
Binghamton
N. Y
George Smith
Walter Savage
John Grindell
Leon Williams
Waltham
Dorothy Carney
Mt. Hope Cottage
Lester Woodward
Norman
J. A. Folsom
Augusta
Folsom
Norman Howard
Lawrence Shea
Joan
Lincoln
Albert Rasmussen
James Connellan
James
Leo
Rockland
Madge O'Brien
Furber Davis
Walters
Roscov Todd
Warren
Melrose
Georgetown Center
Etta Jones
Robinhood
Bob
Ted Yeo
Winchester
Five Islands Fire Fighters Dance For New Truck
The Five Islands Fire Fighters will hold a dance at Howard's hall Friday from 8 to 12 to raise funds for a new fire engine. Music by Lloyd Rafnell's orchestra. Guests include Miss Marjorie Sturtevant and Miss Katharine Ludlum among others visiting Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marjorie Sturtevant
Cumberland
Betty Howard
Ludlum
Chevy Chase
Katharine Ludlum
Rockmere
Five Islands
Howard's Hall
Lloyd Rafnell
Charles Burgess
Charles, Jr
Katharine
Timothy Smith
Bath
Burgess Camp
Carlton Breslin
Wollaston
Mass
Nancy
Latitia Blenn
Emma Blenn
Alex Burgess
Sonny
Mary Burgess
Wilfred Thibault
David
Madelyn Kronstrand
Camp Louise
J. P. Lewis
Watertown
Alexander Reynolds
Judson
Allston
Emergency Landing in Sewall's Field
Harold Swisko of Portland and an unidentified passenger made a successful emergency landing in a two seat Taylor Cub plane at Sewall's field between High street and Oak Grove avenue while en route from Rockland to Portland. The grass field was waist high and authorities praised Swisko's judgment. The following day a lighter pilot lifted the plane from the long grass. The incident included flares from Powers field and a grazed weather vane on a barn near High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Luck
Harold Swisko
Portland
Northeast Airways, Inc
Swisko
Taylor
Sewall
Paul Bessey
Oak Grove Avenue
Amel Labbe
Labbe
Frank Simpson
East Brunswick
Powers’ Field
Rockland
Mr. Bessey
George Poulos
High Street
Battery H Returns From Fort Williams in Record Shooting Run
Bath’s Battery H 240th C. A. C. returned from a 15 day encampment at Fort Williams South Portland in seven Army trucks. First Lieutenant Joseph A. Butler said the unit riddled three sleeves towed by army planes totaling over 1100 hits, a possible new U S army record. One casualty, Thomas Deejay suffered arm and chest burns from condenser steam during target practice. Crickett the duck will appear Sunday at Witham’s Lobster Pound after Hollywood and Lakewood stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fort Williams
South Portland
Joseph A. Butler
United States Army
Bath Boys
Thomas Deejay
High Street
Obituary for Miss Mary Alma Palmer 84
Miss Mary Alma Palmer 84 died at home after a pneumonia illness ten days earlier. Born January 25 1854 in the same house, she was daughter of Augustus and Mary Palmer. Survived by brother Walter Palmer of Bath and many nieces and nephews. Funeral at her home Saturday at two in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alma Palmer
Allen Street
Miss Palmer
Augustus
Mary Sanford Palmer
Amelia McLellan
Alma Palmer
Winter Street
John O. Fiske
Tennyson
Bath
Edward Harrington Dies at 80 in Old Folks Home
Edward Harrington, 80, a longtime stevedore along the water front, died of heart trouble Wednesday morning at 2 30 at the Old Folks Home where he lived the last six years. Born in Bath to John and Ann Harrington, he is survived by brother William Harrington of East Boston and two half sisters Mrs. Julia Plummer of Jersey City and Mrs. Mary Rich of Bath. Funeral is set for Friday at two at the Old Folks Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Harrington
Mr. Harrington
Bath
John
Ann Harrington
William Harrington
Boston
Mass
Julia Plummer
Jersey City
N. J
Mary Rich
Old Folks Home
Peter Paul Blackwood Dies at Sea Near Panama Canal
Announcement of the death of Peter Paul Blackwood aged 43 at sea near the Panama Canal on July 13. He was former Bathman and chief engineer of the steamship Santa Clara operating between New York and South America. He served as a lieutenant in the U S Naval Reserve and was a member of the Masonic fraternity in New York. He leaves his widow Anne Blackwood of New York and two brothers, George H. Blackwood of Newport News Virginia and William J. Blackwood of Chevy Chase Maryland. Burial was in Newport News Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Peter Paul Blackwood
Santa Clara
New York
South America
Blackwood
United States Naval Reserve
Masonic Fraternity
Anne Blackwood
George H. Blackwood
Newport News
William J. Blackwood
Chevy Chase
Mrs Bert Wood Dies After Long Bowdoinham Hospital Stay
Mrs Bert Wood 52 of Bowdoinham died Monday morning at Augusta hospital where she had been a patient for eight and a half years. Born Bowdoinham February 16, 1886 to Noble and Ruth Preble she was educated locally and graduated high school in 1904. She married Bert Wood in 1911 and is survived by her husband, a son Noble of Bath, and a half brother Charles Preble of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert. Wood
Bowdoinham
Augusta Hospital
Noble
Ruth Nelson Preble
Edward A McDonald dies after illness in Boston hospital
Edward A McDonald 44 formerly of this city died at Boston City Hospital Friday evening after four days of double pneumonia illness. Born in Bath to John and Esther Foren McDonald he was a riveter formerly with Bath Iron Works Ltd. He left the city about 25 years ago. Survived by his sister Mrs Frank Dingley and brother Robert McDonald both of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. McDonald
Boston City Hospital
Bath
John
Esther Foren McDonald
Old
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Frank Dingley
Robert McDonald
Edward A McDonald Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Edward A McDonald were conducted Monday morning at eight in St. Marys church with Rev. Timothy C. Maney officiating. Bearers were Frank McDonald Ronald Bulger Jack Durgin and Howard W Curran. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. McDonald
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Frank McDonald
Ronald Bulger
Jack Durgin
Howard W. Curran
Oak Grove
Miss Nancy Young Birthday Party Hosted by Grandparents
Miss Nancy Young celebrated her first birthday with a two to four gathering at her grandparents home on Middle Street. Guests included Mrs. August Schwerdtefeger, Mrs. Arthur Maines, Mrs. Arthur Damrin, Mrs. Robert King, Mrs. Edmund Gaudet, Mrs. Rowland Hanscom Jr., Mrs. Russell Kenney, Miss Ielia Thornton, and Mrs. W. B. Thornton. Refreshments were served and gifts received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Young
Richard M. Young
Bedford Street
W. B. Thornton
Middle Street
August R. Schwerdtefeger
Lola
Arthur R. Maines
Sally Ann
Arthur Damrin
Robert
Robert W. King
Edmund Gaudet
Patsy
Rowland Hanscom, Jr
Margaret
Russell W. Kenney
Ielia B. Thornton
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Legion Entertainment
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Cat
Both
Britain
U. S
Brother
Ralph Bragg
Moose Pond
Wild Rose Farm
Margaret Sylvester
Harold Pinkham
Sewall’s Field
Duck
Witham
Hollywood
Lakewood
Bert Wood
E. A. M'Donald Funeral
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston Funeral Service
Center Street