Community Groups Meet Through Maine Churches and Clubs
Local groups across Maine held meetings at homes and halls. The Dorcas Society met at Mrs George Yeaton’s River road home. Enter prise Grange conferred degrees with more to come August 3. the Ideal Home Corner club planned a public sale and beano games on August 8. Members and officers from Bela Rebekah lodge hosted a surprise party for Mrs Lorena Reed Protheroe prior to her WAC candidate school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vfw
Department of Maine
Edwin Morissette
der Prindle
Brunswick
Fred Lake
Augusta
Blanche Bennett
Massachusetts
Grace Julia Wilkinson
Dora Evans
Dorcas Society
Seventh Day Adventist Church
George Yeaton
River Road
Enterprise Grange
The
Grange
Ideal Home Corner Club
Lorena Reed Protheroe
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Bela? Rebekah Lodge
Margaret B. Peabody
Leslie Gardiner
Leighton
Rochester
N. H
Richmond
J. C. White
Gerow
Margaret Fenton
Homer Alexander
Martie Dore
Jennie Broderick
Joan Conley
Hallowell
Pleasant View Farm
Elizabeth Kelley
Robert Lyons
Portland
Morton Watts
Richard Parent
Old Orchard
John Parker
Funeral rites for Athalie Allen held in Gardiner
Funeral services for Mrs. Athalie Allen were conducted Friday at Staples Funeral Home in Gardiner with Rev. James MacKil lop officiating. Interment followed in Richmond Cemetery. She died suddenly at her home on White Street Tuesday July 20. Born April 7 1870 in Alexandre Quebec she was the widow of Charles Allen and had lived in Richmond 25 years. Survived by daughter Mrs. William McGinn granddaughter Mrs. Warren Kinney and great grandchild all of Richmond, two brothers Joseph Pelletier and a sister Mrs Cela Labrie of Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athalie Allen
Staples
Gardiner
James MacKillop
Richmond Baptist Church
Richmond Cemetery
Beulah Lodge Invitation Guests for Friday Evening
Beulah lodge of Richmond invites Assembly officers Mrs Elva G Greene of Skowhegan Maine district deputy president Hermuna Toothaker of Brunswick and Eva Soule of Evening Star lodge and Mrs Caroline P Thompson of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge to attend entertainment Friday Aug 6 at the new Odd Fellows hall. Arthur C Passmore of Portland recently visited Bath guest of brother Harry T Passmore and retired from US Customs. John P Starkey Jr and Mrs Starkey arrive from Revere Mass to visit Ivan Kirkpatrick and family in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Lodge
Richmond
Elva G. Greene
Skowhegan
Rebekah Assembly
Maine
Hermuna Toothaker
Brunswick
Evening Star Lodge
Eva Soule
Evening Star
Caroline P. Thompson
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Guardian
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Odd Fellows Hall
Libby House
Arthur C. Passmore
Portland
Bath
Harry T. Passmore
Dummer Street
US Customs Service
Portland Club
Frank Totman
Arthur
Bath Times
John P. Starkey Jr
Revere, Mass
Summer Wedding at Winter Street Church in Bath
A bright summer wedding took place Saturday at Winter Street Congregational Church in Bath. The bride, a Bath native, wore white velvet with a long train and veil. she was supported by her sister Mrs. Herbert D. Wing as matron of honor and Miss Frances Young as maid of honor. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, attended by Leonard Thombs, with ushers Richard Minott and Charles L. Hoebel. The couple, both local residents with ties to Bath Iron Works, will reside in Bath after a honeymoon. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Frank Yount of Jamaica Plain and others from Brookline, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Ocrasion
Herbert D. Wing
Frances Young
Frank Young
LeRor F. Colby
Leonard Thombs
Richard Minott
Charles L. Hoebel
Elizabeth Young
Morton F. Young
Bath Iron Works
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Gallagher
Yourt. Flowers
Jane Stevens
Barbara Kenney
Irene Daly
Dorothy Kerr
Boston
Stevens
Frank Yount
Jamaica Plain
Mas
John Boland
Dorothy McCart
Mass
Edith Riddock
Brookl
Margaret Smith
Roslindale
Salvation Army Fund Grows Toward $5000 Goal
The Salvation Army Annual Maintenance Appeal led by chairman William S. Newell has reached 1072.50 dollars. Donors are urged to mail in or deliver gifts to Treasurer Daniel Williams and the Davenport Fund Trustees hope to hit 3500 within days and 5000 within a week or two. Mrs. Wesley Marco and her children visit Mrs. Arthur Jenkins on High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
William S. Newell
Davenport Fund
Daniel Williams
Will.ams
Wesley Marco
Westbrook
Arthur Jenkins
High Street
Georgetown summer social notes from Busy season
Georgetown locals share visits at cottages and dinners as rationing limits picnics. The roster lists Miss Georgia Randall, Miss Elizabeth Thompson, Nancy Warner Jordan newborn, numerous visitors from Bath Malden Melrose and Portland, and numerous weekend stays at West Georgetown cottages amid summer travel and family gatherings.
Air Raid Test Wednesday Night Goes Off Well
Bath and vicinity blacks out for about an hour as planes simulate attack. Public response mostly good. few people failed to reilluminate. Lights out 840, red signal near nine halted traffic. Enemies neared Bath Iron Works, lights back on quickly for workers. Coverage improved over Monday’s drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Weekend Visits and Local Family Notices
Weekend activities feature Pvt. George F. Loveitt of Camp Devens visiting home and recent medical recoveries. James Greenleaf and family from Westport visit Mrs. Daisy Mains as she recovers from an illness. Eva Mains, Bath Iron Works employee, ill at her grandmother’s home. Althea Loveitt Heffron Addie Loveitt family and Arthur Williams family spend Sunday in Bath and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oliver
Sagadahoc Bay
George F. Loveitt
New Station Hospital
Camp Devens
Mass
Loveitt
James Greenleaf
Westport
Greenleaf
Daisy Mains
Mains
Surprise party honors Mrs. Rice after Brunswick road fire
Mrs. George Rice, whose home burned on Brunswick road, received a surprise shower hosted by Mrs. Maurice J. Warner at 822 Middle Street. About 40 friends neighbors and relatives attended gifting bedding linen dishes kitchen ware and a $55 purse. Her Navy husband stationed in Virginia has not been notified yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rice
Brunswick Road
Maurice J. Warner
Middle Street
Mrs Hill Hosts Free Will Workers at Corliss Street Church
Mrs William Hill of Middle Street entertained members of the Free Will Workers class of Corliss Street Church at her home on Middle Street Wednesday afternoon. The gathering was the closing meeting before the August summer recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hill
Middlestret
Free Will Workers
Corliss Street
Middle Street
Five Islands Fire Chief Names New Lieutenant
Chief Carr of Five Islands Fire Department appoints Franz Stevens as lieutenant to replace resigning Joseph Preeney. New Indian pumps arrive and are installed by Horace Rittall and Chief Carr. Residents with town pumps asked to arrange inspections to ensure first class condition ready for use. Community notes cover a Red Cross dance, club meeting, social hour, and local residents’ travels and naval family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Carr
Fire Department
Franz Stevens
Joseph Preeney
Horace Rittall
Howard's Hall
Red Cross
Luke Roy
D. C. H. Sanford
Everett Herman
Edward W. Carr
Eddie
Navy
Georgetown
Newport
R. IL
Yorktown
San Francisco
Fred P. Carr
Albion P. Carr
F. M
San Diego
Calif
Mrs Fuller and son Return From Pacific Visit
Mrs. Herbert R Fuller Jr and her son Ian Stewart have returned to Hallowell after a month with Mrs Hobart Fo Ames and Mr Ames at 48 Dummer Street. Mr Fuller, a chief pharmacist mate USN, remains somewhere in the Pacific with his war address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Fuller, Jr
Ian Stewart
Hallowell
Crash Victims In Topsham Severe After Brunswick Crash
James Kaler 45 Bluff road is in critical condition at Brunswick hospital after a car left the road in Topsham and struck a tree. Carlton Brown also injured, with a severe abdominal wound, as a third man was carried to his home. State Police investigated. both drivers work at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kaler
Bluff Road
Brunswick Hospital
Topsham
Carlton Brown
Kaler
Brown
Brunswick
John DeWinter
Abbott
State Police
Bath Iron Works
Larada Jordan
Samuel Jordan
Kittery
Clinton Kaler
West Bath
Hockomock
Sagadahoc Ferry
Winnie Brown
Japanese and French war money found with Bath resident
Mrs. James Goodwin of Chestnut Street holds Japanese currency taken from a Japanese soldier by an American soldier and French money from a prisoner of war, sent by her daughter residing in Coronado California. The money is described as Japanese notes with a statesman image and one-half shilling, and brown French money marked 20 Fr. Mrs Goodwin notes a letter from her son in law, a machine gunner in the Army Air Corps, in the Solomon Islands for 16 months, with possible leave soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Goodwin
Chestnut Street
Goodwin
Vincent Merck
Ernestine Eaton
Coronado
Calif
Solomons
Morek
Tojo
Merck
Army Air Corps
Bath
States
Quantico
Personal notes on Bath area residents and visitors
Mrs James Stanton and her son James Jr of Boston returned after a visit with Mrs Stanton's mother Mrs John Cummings of Oak Street. Ensign Cummings accompanied them to Bath and then resumed duties. Mrs Robert Sutter of Montswag nee Cora Mae Pearson Bath is a patient at Memorial Hospital after surgery at Osteopathic Hospital in Portland. She is under Dr Charles DiPerri of Wiscasset and is improving daily. Mrs Sutter, granddaughter of Mrs Lizzie French of Washington Street, is recovering with friends sending mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stanton
James, Jr
Boston
Memorial Hospital
Sutter
Charles DiPerri
Wiscasset
Lizzie French
Washington Street
Obituary for Mrs. Josephine Daigle Irish
Mrs. Josephine Daigle Irish wife of Frederick E. Irish of 16 Washington Avenue Portland died after a long illness. Born in Fort Kent she was the daughter of Emile and Mrs Daigle and once worked locally. The couple lived in Bangor then Portland before moving about a year ago as Mr Irish joined New England Shipbuilding Corp. Besides her husband she is survived by a son her mother and several siblings. Funeral services were held at 8:30 a.m. at the residence and a 9 a.m. requiem high mass at St. John the Evangelist Church South Portland. Attending were Mrs Irish daughter Miss Amy Irish and Mrs H A Keyes of Fitchburg Mass. The Irishes had many friends in Bath and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Daigle
Frederick E. Irish
Washington Avenue
Portland
Fort Kent
Emile Daigle
Irish
Bangor
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Bowdoinham Man Rinaldo Purinton Dies After Illness
Rinaldo D Purinton 77 died last week at his Bowdoinham home after a weeklong pneumonia illness. Born September 13 1865 in Bowdoinham he was son of Charles and America Purinton educated locally. He formerly managed Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co and later ran businesses in Bangor and San Francisco. He married Margaret Fogg November 16 1898. He belonged to Merrymeeting Grange Kennebec Lodge Knights of Pythias and is survived by his widow and cousin Dr Wilbur Brown Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinaldo D. Purinton
Pleasant Street
Bowdoinham
Mr. Purinton
Charles
America Brown Purinton
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Bangor
San Francisco
Calif
Margaret Fogg
Purinton
Merrymeeting Grange
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Wilbur Brown
Brunswick
Edgar M. Pye Dies at 75 in Union After Bath Life
Edgar M. Pye longtime Phippsburg resident died in Union Tuesday evening at age 75 years nine months and 13 days. He lived in Phippsburg before moving to Bath to live with his daughter Mrs. Edward Ferris at 21 Huse Street. Survived by six children two sons Clarence W and Carlton of Bath and four daughters Mrs Ferris Mrs Myra Anderson of Sandusky Ohio Mrs Ethel Wallace of Phippsburg and Mrs Ralph Merry of Bath one brother Rev George Pye of California one half brother John Pye of Augusta one sister Mrs Kate Chapman of Bangor and several grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street with Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar M. Pye
Phippsburg
Union
Phippsbury
George and
Levina McIntire Pye
Edward Ferris
Huse Street
Clarence W
Carlton Pye
Bath
Ferris
Myra Anderson
Sanduskey
Ohio
Ethel Wallace
Ralph Merry
George Pye
Calif
John Pye
Augusta
Kate Chapman
Bangor
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Local residents on summer visits and travels
Alec Burden of the Bath Savings Institution takes his annual vacation. Rev Charles L Kinney and his wife visit their son Gerald Kinney and family at Green Lake. Mrs Frank L Sewall of New York City staying at Prout's Neck visits Mrs Fred N Sewall on 193 High Street. Mrs Reynolds Grover new to Boston returns after two weeks with her parents Judge and Mrs Arthur J Dunton at Pastime Saddle Farm Rich's Mountain. Fern and Doris Pettengill and Alice Coleman return from two weeks in Tampa with Corp O Neil L Soucy formerly of Bangor now at Drew Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Burden
Bath Savings Institution
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Gerald Kinney
Green Lake
Frank L. Sewall
New York City
Prout’s Neck
Fred N. Sewall
High Street
Reynolds Grover
Barbara Dunton
Boston
Arthur J. Dunton
Washington Street
Pastime Saddle Farm
Rich’s Mountain
New Meadows
Fern
Doris Pettengill
W.G. Pettengill
Middle Street
Alice Coleman
A. L. Coleman
Bath Street
Miss Marion Parker of Beverly Dies at 51 in Osterville
Bath friends mourn the death of Miss Marion Parker aged 51 of Beverly Massachusetts seen at a brother’s home. She was a Morse High School graduate and Smith College alumna who taught in Lynn and led the 4 H Club for 25 years. She directed the Manchester Food Center during World War I. Burial was at Forest City cemetery after services in Hyannis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Marion Parker
Beverly
Mass
Arthur T. Parker
Parker
Orleans
Ruth Parker
Paul P. Henson
Massachusetts
David
Charles
Morse High School
Smith College
Simmons College
Lynn, Mass
Manchester
Beverly College Club
Miss Parker
Dean & Beal
Hyannis
Walter J. Brennan
Augusta
Jennie Sawyer
Forest City Cemetery
Osterville
Lothrop Street
Mrs Georgia Chapell dies at 72 in Woolwich
Mrs. Georgia E Chapell 72 widow of Charles T Chapell died at her daughter Mrs James C Regan Barley neck Road Woolwich after a brief illness She was born January 12 1871 in Bath and lived in Bath before moving to Woolwich about 34 years ago She is survived by five children nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia E. Chapell
Charles T. Chapell
James C. Regan
Barleyneck Road
Woolwich
Chapell
Bath
Francis A
Rebecca Webster de Loche
Regan
Newton Center
Mass
Madelyn M. Shaw
Florence
Black
Boston
Irene H. Autrey
Los Angeles
Charles M. Chapell
Livermore Falls
Mrs. Ann A Wallace dies at 55 in West Point
Mrs Ann A Wallace wife of Jesse I Wallace of West Point died late Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital aged 55 years 10 months 1 day She was born in Phippsburg daughter of John Munsey Survived by husband two sons Foreston and Kenneth West Point one daughter Ruth Ward Steep Falls one brother William Munsey Bailey's Island and one sister Minnie Doughty Harpswell Funeral Friday at 10 am at West Point church Friends may call at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence until Friday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann A. Wallace
Jesse I. Wallace
West Point
Memorial Hospital
Wallace
Phippsburg
John Munsey
Foreston
Kenneth
Ruth Ward
Steep Falls
William Munsey
Bailey's Island
Minnie Doughty
Harpswell
Arthur F. Mayo
Social visit notes from Boston to Rich's Mountain farm
Mrs Reynolds R Grover of Boston visits two weeks with her parents Hon and Mrs Arthur J Dunton at their farm on Rich's Mountain West Bath Miss Martha Torrey of Middle street hosts this week at Popham Miss Jean Stanton of Damariscotta and Miss Mary Durant of this city visiting guests this week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds R. Grover
Boston
Arthur J. Dunton
Rich’s Mountain
West Bath
Martha Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Middle Street
Popham
Jean Stanton
Harold Stanton
Damariscotta
Mary Durant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Athalie Allen
Beulah Lodge Party
Barbara G. Young
Frank A. Gallagher
Salvation Army Fund
Georgia Randall
Elizabeth Thompson
Nancy Warner
Clyde F. Jordan
Dover
Elizabeth Hunt
Ror Newman
William Todd
Dorothy Oliver
Margaret
Madeleine Oliver
Melrose
Fred Butters
Malden
Blanchard Hill
Greene
Clarence Hill
Allen C. Brown
Carlton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Gunnell
West Georgetown
Marjorie McNinch
Aroostook County
Benjamin Riggs
Thora Breggreen
Gorge Laskey
Gaston LaChaise
Roland Peterson
Gerald Richards
Westall
William Renaud
Everett
Harry Carlisle
James Dunton
Morrell Farm
William Zorach
Florence Woodside
C_. L. Hincklew
Parker Moulton
Wareham
Ralph Dunton
John St. Martin
Dunton Cottage
John Blackie
Charles Caldwell
Bath Opera House
Mark Hanna
Ralph Davis
William W_ Ayre
West Englewood
N. J
Henry Ayre
Charles Andre
Ernest Eal
Pearl Harford
Georgetown and
Louisa Burns
Everett Anderson
Sarah McHale
Berlin, N. H
Earl Legard
Harry Warner
Robert Reeder
Harry, Jr
Maurice Warner
Edward Miller
Ralph Pratt
Gilbert Greenleaf
William Reese
John Travis
Florence Sievers
James Broom
Raph Bennett
Thomas Coffill
Laura Greenleaf
Minnie Roderick
Helen Witham
Mildred Cresey
Jennie Gearey
Clarence Warner
John Warner
Maurice Warner, Jr
Orville Rowe
Walter Savage
Harold Rowe
Carl
A. W. Hunt
Dorchester
G. H. Smith
Gertrude Smith
Sedgemere
O. F. Rowe
Roy Shackford
Marion Stevens
Clarence Pinkham
Irving Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
J. G. Stevens
Paul Thompson
P. B. Savage
Vernon Gray
Herman Barter
Richard
Nancy
Diana
Five Islands
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Harford
Lettie Harford
James Stevens
Derby
Pvt
Warren Stevens
Orlando
Fla
Fla., Are Visiting Mrs. Stevens’ Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Pinkham
William Plummer
Plummer
Charles Jones
Cambridge
Harmon's Harbor
Albert Marr
Watson
Gertrude Carr
Fred Carr
Stinson Davis
Edward Davis
Davis
Arthur Rowe
Patty
Alex Marr
Lester Davis
Mrs. Goodwin
Mrs
Josephine Irish
Osterville, Mass
Mrs. Georgia Chapell
Mrs. Ann A, Wallace
Jesse I
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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