Progressive Grange Gathered Visitors From Nearby Granges
Richmond Progressive Grange met Friday evening with visitors from Dromore West Bath and Merry meeting granges. Miss Charlotte White directed a varied program including songs sketches and readings. The group discussed advantages and disadvantages of country living and ended with a closing thought. Billy Knight won the penny match. Seven members attended a Past Masters club and Lecturers Council event in Bowdoinham Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Dromore
West Bath
Merry Meetinggranges
Charlotte White
Gertrude Curtis
Marshal White
Hitler and the Devil
Howard Knight
Gladys Rideout
Dorothy Routhier
William and
Virginia
Eva Libby
Laura’ Baker
James Jones
Erland Curtis
Charles Wheeler
Lucy Tarr
Rachel Knight
Billy Knight
Bowdoinham
Dresden Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Mr and Mrs Clifton Cate and daughter Maralyn of Damari scotta spent several days at Mr Cate's former home. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gahan of South Portland visited Mrs Cora Gahan. Miss Harriette Sheldon and Miss Carolyn Sheldon stayed with Mrs Carle Longfellow at Day's Ferry. Mrs Joseph Houdleette visited Somerville Massachusetts with her sister Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Cate
Maralyn
Damariscotta
Mr. Cate
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Cora Gahan
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Carle Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Joseph Houdleette
Somerville
Mass
Mrs Eaton Returns Home After Auto Accident Injury
Mrs Philip Eaton, injured in an auto crash weeks ago, has left Maine General Hospital in Portland. She returned to her Lincoln Street home and can move about with crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Eaton
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Lincoln Street
Social Roundup of Visits and Vacations in Westport Area
Mrs Addie Tilton and Mrs Florence Norton of South Port land are guests for ten weeks at The Cedars. Miss Belle Tilton joins them over the weekend. Mrs E O Boll of Greenfield Mass opens The Ledges for a few weeks. George Knight of Medford Mass weekend at his home here. W H Siewerts of Milton Mass joins Mrs Siewerts at their Hell Gate cottage. Mr and Mrs Robert Leask Cedar Grove visit Lizzie Cromwell and her son Edwin. Miss Dorothy Dunn attends a beach picnic at Popham Friday. Gen A C Gray returns after Massachusetts State Guard encampment in Brockton. Mrs Gray visits Robert Walther in his absence. Mr and Mrs Roger Pierce and James Jewett Bath call on Joseph Hodgdon. Colin Dunn on a week’s vacation at home. Ernest Anderson and son Martin visit Mrs Anderson in Boston. Mrs Walter Greenleaf leaves for Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Tilton
Florence Norton
South Portland
The
Cedars
Belle Tilton
E. O. Boll
Greenfield
Mass
George Knight
Medford
W. H. Siewerts
Milton
Robert Leask
Cedar Grove
Lizzie Cromwell
Edwin Cromwell
Dorothy Dunn
Popham
A. C. Gray
Massachusetts State Guard
Brockton
Mrs. Gray
Robert Walther
Roger Pierce
James Jewett
Bath
Joseph Hodgdon
Colin Dunn
Ernest Anderson
Martin
Talk on Canning at Grange Meeting
Mrs. Howard Sylvester chaired the Brunswick canning center talk at the West Bath Grange meeting. Attendees enjoyed musical selections a skit and a driving lesson skit featured Girard K. Hodgkins with Mrs. Gertrude Palmer. The second half highlighted the guest speaker with introductions by Mrs. William A. Armstrong. Refreshments and dancing followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sylvester
Canning Center
Brunswick
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Girard KE. Hodgkins
Hiram Peters
Pansy
Gertrude Palmer
Palmer Sisters
Dorothy
Gertrude
Liebestraum
Johnny Doughboy
Dorothy Palmer
Sylvester
William A. Armstrong
Mary Jane Footer
Toll House
Mabel Tibbetts
Schoolhouse project at North End is out
The plan for a new school building alongside the housing project at Hagan field North end is canceled. Superintendent Harlan A. Ladd says federal funds are not approving more school construction unless demand rises 200 percent and platoon schooling may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagan Field
North End
Harlan A. Ladd
Bath
Ladd
Augusta Families Have Four Sons in U.S. Service
M and Mrs Alfred Farrell of Leighton read and Mr and Mrs Cyprien Betit of 44 Gage Street care two sets of parents who each have four sons serving in the armed forces of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Armed Service
United States
Alfred Farrell
Leighton Read
Cyprien Betit
Gage Street
Georgetown social notes and local incidents chronicled
Mrs Boody of Winthrop from the Kennebec Garden club visited Miss Maude Thayer in West Georgetown. The blackout disrupted some homes but many heard no bell. Guests at tea included Mrs Gaston La Chaise and Mrs Roy Newman with a list of attendees. New arrivals at West Georgetown camp for young children and a storm causing damage at Robinhood are noted. Wedding invitations for Mary Rita Cummings and James William Stanton are announced for St Marys Bath. Various residents visit, shop, and vacation at local spots with social rounds and travel reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boody
Winthrop
Kennebec
Gaston la Chaise
Roy Newman
William Zorach
Tessim Zorach
Pablo Gattegno
Edward Nagle
Roy
Golding Sons Co
Trenton
N. J
Wagner
Clinton
Andrew Rowe
Shirley Hicks
Ruth Hicks
Christmas Cove
B. H. Woodside
Bath
Elizabeth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Raphael Higgins
R. M. Newman
William Tood
J. F. Higgins
Ralph Davis
Dorothy Oliver
Harriet Layne
Elizabeth Hunt
Layne
California
Norman Gay
Sterling
P. C. Calhoon
Calhoon
Littleriver
Mary G. Davis
Philadelphia
Albert Deermont
Robinhood
Henry Prevost
Sanford
Meta Bearce
Clayton Heald
Donald Trafton
Howard Trafton
Charles McMahan
Walter Bearce
Janis
Malden
Agnes Strauss
New York
Jayson Schoener
Cleveland
Ohio
Mark Elliott
Sagadahoc Bay
Lexington
Hollis Webster
Margaret Jordan
Sayde Campbell
Charles Fitzgerald
Calhoun Cottage
South Bristol
Ernest Curtis
Scott Curtis
Wendall Todd
Salem
Mass
Frank Brown
Rumford
R. I
Oaks
New York City
Zorach
Alfred Steadman
Virginia Steadman
Framingham
William Shepherd
Allen Brown
Boothbay Actor Frank Rossi Enlists in Service
Frank Rossi popular lead at the Boothbay Playhouse will leave to join the military this week. In his third season he starred in Three Cornered Moon Philadelphia Story and By Invitation Only while also designing sets due to staff shortages. Patrons extend best wishes for his success and happiness wherever he is sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rossi
Boothbay Playhouse
Uncle Sam
Playhouse
Mr. Rossi
Philadelphia Story
Boothbay Players Entertain At Rotary
Boothbay Players from the Boothbay Harbor stock company entertained Rotary members at a Sedgwick luncheon. Ermes Geradi from Lynn gave a notable performance including a mother discussing birds and sex with her son. Richard Ertzman introduced the troupe and announced a Rotary week featuring performances from Rockland Damariscotta Boothbay Harbor and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Boothbay Playhouse Stock Company
Ermes Geradi
Miss Geradi
Lynn
Richard Ertzman
Playhouse
Ertzman
Rockland
Damariscotta
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Radio broadcasts from State Armory draw big crowd
A first time radio program from the State Armory is set for Saturday night billed by Rogers Jewelry Store and hosted by Walter Madden. Georgia Mae of WBZ will perform from 8 30 to 9 00 pm with a dance to follow. The event aims to showcase local talent for future amateur broadcasts and is expected to attract a full hall. Nearby party guests include Miss Lacey White of Topstar who attended a linen shower hosted by Miss Betty McGee at Indian Turn Summer home, joined by Bath residents Audrey Hill Mary Anderson Martha Morse Jean Stanton Marjorie Nichols and Barbara Stodder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Rogers Jewelry Store
WCOU
Lewiston
Walter FE Madden
Armory
Lacey White
Topstar
Frank Crough
Betty McGee
Indian Turn
Miss White
Bath
Audrey Hill
Mary Anderson
Martha Morse
Jean Stanton
Marjorie Nichols
Barbara Stodder
Five Islands Community Notes and Visits
The Library Auxiliary received a quilt top and two books from Mrs. Julia Boyd of Bath, with a note on her Five Islands origins. The library now opens Wednesdays and Saturdays 2:30 to 4:30. Miss Florine Elliot of Lewiston died July 15. she was born July 31, 1858 in Biddeford. Lightning struck the Smith house during a storm. a nearby ice house burned but fire department saved the site. Ensign Frederick L. Yeo visits his parents at their cottage. several local families and visitors are noted at cottages along Sedgemere road and Five Islands, including summer residents from Bath, New York, Cambridge, and Medford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Boyd
Bath
Boyd
Five Islands
N. L. O'Connor
New York
The
Library Association
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Staffolds Cove
Florine Elliot
Nelson
Lewiston
Miss Elliott
Biddeford
Arthur Libby
Gardiner
Grace King
Pearl Elliott
Seguinland
Smith
Good Neighbor Club
Franz Stevens
Red Cross
Frederick L. Yeo
U.S. N
Ted
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Rockcrest
Anders M. Thomassen
Thomassen
Kitty Anderson
Medford
Mass
Arendal
Norway
Municipal Court Clears Docket After Busy Monday Session
A busy municipal court session carried several cases to the afternoon. Milton Cornish of Bath was acquitted on intoxication but fined for assaulting an officer and ordered to pay court costs. Other defendants faced intoxication charges, a conspiracy to assault an officer case was held over, and a night walker was ordered to report to the probation officer for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Cornish
Middle Street
Bath
Bdward W. Bridgham
Sunday Traffic Runs Heavy Despite Clear Weather
Sunday motor traffic was unusually heavy with many out of state cars and fuel shortages at stations. Despite delays, overall movement remained smooth and speeds suggested drivers planned easy passes. Several local residents and visitors arrived at cottages and islands for weekend stays amid a mix of prizes and pastime events.
Obituary: Alton B Thwing of Woolwich Dies at 81
The funeral for Alton Bell Thwing 81 longtime Woolwich merchant and former Wayside Inn keeper was held Monday in Woolwich. Born March 7 1861 he lived mostly in Maine and served as county commissioner and Riverside Cemetery Association leader. He is survived by his daughter Louie E Dunn grandson Alton C Dunn brother Captain Milton Thwing and three nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Bell Thwing
Woolwich
Henry Ford
Sudbury
Mass
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Riverside Cemetery
Thwing
Topsham
South Portland
Mr. Thwing
John B
Emily
Lilly) Thwing
Charles Mason
Bath
Riverside Cemetery Association
John Ham
David G. Reed
Day's Ferry Dramatic Club
Tuessie Hall
Day's Ferry
Margaret Williams Ramsey
Brooklyn
N. Y
Louie E. Dunn
Boston
North
Bennet Street
Alton C. Dunn
Drayton Road
Bath Iron Works Corp
Capt
Milton Thwing
Oakland
Calif
Ruth White Teel
Irvington
N. J
Allen J. Clark 88 retired ship carpenter dies in Portland
Allen J. Clark 88 a retired ship carpenter and longtime Portland resident died Sunday at a nursing home on Congress Street. Born in Truro he worked in Bath shipyards including Kelley Spear and Percy Small yards. He survived by son Sherman A. Clark seven stepchildren three sisters and several Oliver relatives. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Clark
Congress Street
Portland
Mr. Clark
Truro
Robert
Margaret Clark
Bath
Kelley Spear Yard
Percy Small Yuard
Clark
Fannie R Oliver
Sherman A. Clark
South Portland
Benjamin Oliver
Robert W. Oliver
Frank Oliver
Quincy
Mass
Roger W. Pierce
Werbert Ho Huggard
Howard A. Parks
Edwin K. Pinson
Hannah Hepburn
Green
Scarboro
Sarah Demmick
Nova Scotia
Arthur F. Mayo
Kinney to Officiate at Beacon Street Church Service
Reverend Charles L. Kinney pastor of Beacon Street Methodist Church will officiate at the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Methodist Church
Mrs George Hoey Drowning Death Linked Kin in Natick
Mrs George Hoey of Natick has died by drowning. Relatives include Mr and Mrs Edward B Hamblett of 23 Pratt Street who left for Natick after the death. Dorothy Hamblett Donahue formerly lived with them, and Mrs Hoey's survivors include her widowed husband and her mother Mrs M C Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Natick
Mass
Mr. Hamblett
George Hoey
James Francis Donahue
Westboro
Dorothy Hamblett
Hamblett
A J Clark Funeral Held Tuesday Afternoon
The funeral of Allen J. Clark occurred Tuesday afternoon at 2.50 at the funeral residence of Arthur F. Mayo. Rev. Charles L. Kinney of Beacon Street church conducted the service with bearers Roger Pierce, Benjamin Oliver, Robert Oliver, Howard Parks, Herbert Huggard and Edwin Pinson. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Clark
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Roger Pierce
Benjamin Oliver
Robert Oliver
Howard Parks
Herbert Huggard
Edwin Pinson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Personal Notes From Bath Area Community News
Local society notes list visits and returns from Mrs. Amy Parsons nursing at Bath Iron Works Hospital. Families travel between Bath Dover Cohasset Newport Pittsfield Waltham Augusta Lewiston East Brunswick and Maxwell Field Alabama. Highlights include Stanleigh S. Cole's upcoming wedding and Dorothy Derby's twelfth birthday party with prize games and a peanut hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Parsons
R.N
Bath Iron Works
Frank Perry
Winneyance
Dover
N. Ht
Percy Hodgkins
Drummond Street
Savoy
O. R. Emerson
Olaf Pierson
Grace Houston
Newport
Elmer L. Eldredge
Dummer Street
Peter Olinto
Pittsfield
Mass
Bath
West Bath
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Stanleigh S. Cole
Helen Holden
Augusta
South Paris Congregational Church
Holden
Harold C. Holden
Cole
Mona Wise
Dorothy Derby
Norwood Harmon
Harvard Street
David Pinkham
Norma Jean Nickerson
Raymond Harmon
Arline James
Dorothy Bradford
Annette Harmon
Ramona Harmon
Patty Harmon
Laura Tarnich
Gloria Young
Dawn Avery
Irene Jones
Gordon MacLones
Louis Young
Raymond Jones
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Methodist Parish House
Archer Terrell
Russell Ring
Wesley Webber
Wesley Webber, Jr
Glenn White
Robert Hutchinson
Robert Stuber
Laurence Bond
Warren Joy
Gardiner General Hospital
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Clinton Hinkley
Ralph Tracy
Reed Protheroe
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Enterprise Grange Hall
Grange
Herbert Anderson
Newtonville
Paul
Paul Farley
Alexander Road
Enterprise Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Methodist
Paul Batchelder
Sadie Wood
Charles Kennedy
Gardiner Hospital
Norman Charles Kennedy
Stanley C. Guiou
Clowes Guiou
Wendover Field
Utah
Samuel Lint
COA
Camp Pickett
C. Herbert Anderson
Sadie Woods
Mary Bodge
Stanley Card
William H. Bailey
Lowell
Dresden
Westport
West Bath Hall
Frances Josephine Bowen
John J.bowen
Atlantic Street
Edward Frank Quarrington
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Deering High School
Colby College
the Kennek
Georgetown
Boothbay Players
Boothbay
Walter Thomas
Malden Island
Frank MacMahan
Lucille
Cambridge
Carl Pearson
MacMahan
Ed Donovan
Auburndale
Burt Lewis
P. B. Savage
Marions Stevens
Janes McKay
Winnegance Bay
Felix Salamon
Roslindale
Miarss
Tarmon’s Llarbor
Charles Jones
Helen Hickley
Joseph Stanley
Arlington
Re Paia
Fred Crowell
Danghiter
Dorchester
Viola Hinckley
TC. Fettiz
Linda
Cornersville, Inc
TE. Booker
Hoosier Haven
EF. M. Horton
J. G Stevens
Paul Thompson
Poland
Howard Bacon
Bacon
Wilkins Cottage
Sedgemere Road
Warner Rbustis
Newton Mass
South Sudbury
Francis Bacon
James A. McKay
Job Galmoore
Eres Sooty
Pete Pie
Mr. Galmoore
VeRay
Mary O'Connor
Cam Mintee
Mirs
John Blasi
Posten
Brave
Julia Bevel
Bive Islands
H .B. Cranshaw
Mar Aid Mars
Quincy Wales
Newton
Wass
Maiden Island
G. A. Yeo
Bob Yeo
Wakefield
David Hutchinson
Swarthmore
Pal
Vishine
George Worrell
Anna Worrell
Rockmere
EF. Clifford
Nicholas
Rebecca Smith
Shirley Stiles
Francis Perry
James Knights
Hollis Hanscom
Ola Orchard
Alton
Natick, Mass
A. J. Clark Funeral
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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