Memorial Day Observed with Local Parades and Services
Memorial Day in Richmond featured a parade led by Emerson Lane Post and multiple veteran and auxiliary groups. A firing squad and bugler accompanied services from the American Legion hall to cemeteries, with honors at Evergreen and Richmond cemeteries and the Honor Roll on Main Street. Community events included a double farewell for the Naylors and Broughs, a grange union meeting, a piano recital, and meetings of youth and auxiliary groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson-Lane Post
American Legion
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
American Legion Auxiliary
Daughters of the American Revolution
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Cross
Gold Star
Girl Scouts
Progressive
Home Corner
Emerson School
Dean Foss
Lawrence Bond Jr
Americin Legion Hall
Pleasant Street
Main
Front Street
Evergreen
Richmond
Main Street
Emerson Lane Post
West Dresden
Progressive Grange
The
Grange
Enterprise Orange
Winnifred Roberts
Baptist Church
Norma McCormick
Virginia Anderson
Persis Bates
Fred Naylor
Old Orchard
Bertha Curtis
Marcia, Baker
Alice Gilpatrick
Hazel Libby
Grace Dickinson
Cecelia Robinson
Elizabeth McFee
Togus
McFee
Poppy Day Committee
Connie Howard
Louis Olsen
Edward Coughlin
Curtis
Y. A. Y. F. Society
Wesley Webber
South Front Street
Melvin Leavitt
Edward Mansir
Bernice Terrill
Margaret Borjesson
Harold Bates
John Rolfe
Augusta
Kennebec Valley
Lawrence Bond
Diana Giberson
Judy Reynolds
Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid
Grange Hall
Ethel Rankins
Bay Point Memorial Day and Local Notes in Bath
George Renaud entertained Maine navy club at his Summer cottage. Berwindale sailed up the Kennebec. Bath canned fish shipment planned. Fishing seining yields good hauls. Invitations issued for Janette Stewart to wed Dr Fayette Hinds Branch Jr on June 18 at Winter Street Congregational Bath. A shore dinner outdoors, local visits, and Memorial Day observances. Bodies of residents shifting homes and camp stays noted along with a new daughter Dawn Elaine born May 28 at Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Renaud
Bath
Bay Point
Navy Club
Maine
Berwindale
Kennebec
Canning
Milton Tabor Stephenson
Janette Stewart
Fayette Hinds Branch, Jr
Winter Street Congregational Church
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Frank W. Powers
Arthur Aston
Harmon’s’ Harbor
Eugene Foster
Foster
Edward Powers
H. Martin Powers
Harry Knight
Frederick Moffatt
Carroll A. Deering
Car Delano
Dawn Elaine
Bath Memorial Hospital
Three Special Parts in Dance Recital at Morse High
The Charlotte's School of Dancing presents its annual festival on June 14 at Morse High Auditorium in Bath. Part one Nature Studies depicts sky and celestial scenes. Part two Rockhound Revels features fishermen and mermaids ending with Sirens danced by Claire Martin and others. Part three showcases variety dance numbers starring Bath dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte’s School of Dancing
Morse High Auditorium
Paula Lessard
Claire Martin
Madelyn Oliver
Chloe Deraps
Joan Osborne
Lorraine Allen
Beverly Coombs
Bath
Local social notes list West Bath residents new hires and visits
Miss Patricia Booker becomes receptionist for Dr. Milton D. Stephenson. Ethel Richardson is confined at home with tonsillitis. Miss Elizabeth Potter, Providence, RI, stayed with Mrs. Arthur Sewall for Memorial Day. Mrs. Harding C. Ayer returned from Memorial Hospital after two weeks. Albert Povich from Georgetown University vacations with his parents in Bath. Linda, Joan and Susan Ayer visit relatives in Waldoboro. Mr. and Mrs. Trafton Swain and Deborah visit Rock Hill Inn. The Swains and Deborah remain for the week. Arthur W. Gediman and Rita Gediman tour Houston with Alvin, then return to Bath for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Booker
West Bath
Milton D. Stephenson
Ethel Richardson
Byron L. Richardson
Dummer Street
Elizabeth Potter
Providence
R.I
Arthur Sewall
Stone House
Harding C. Ayer
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Albert Povich
Georgetown University
Morris S. Povich
Middle Street
Linda
Joan
Susan Ayer
Robert Reed
Hazen Hilton
Waldoboro
Trafton Swain
Deborah
York
Joseph W. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Swain
Arthur W. Gediman
Rita
Houston
Alvin
Ricker Junior College
Bath
Community Notes Cover Meetings and Local Visitors in Georgetown
Georgetown news recounts Working League meetings at the library with Mrs Roy Newman and others, plus plans for June 7 hosting by Mrs J R Blackie and others. Local residents, farms, and clubs report visitors, nature sightings at Robinhood tearoom, PTA events, and weekend visitors from Bath, Augusta, Lexington, and New York.
Many Massachusetts visitors at Kenebec Point over holiday weekend
A flurry of weekend guests from Medford Richmond Richmond five Islands and nearby towns visited Kenebec Point and Seguinland cottages. families from Needham Malden West Newton West Roxbury Bath Bangor and Newburyport joined local hosts for Memorial Day and other holiday gatherings with calls dinners and cottage stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Mass
Kenebec Point
Billa Tarr
Richmond
William Todd
Five Islands
J. Williebeck LeMair
Robinhood
Russell Pinkham
William Strang
Gladys Weeman
Portland
Peterson
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose
Lauretta Jones
Carrol Powers
Warren Todd
Stanley Lewis
Seguinland
George Lee
Bobbie
Onset
Friness
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
West Georgetown
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
N. H
Little Sheepscot
Joe Liebes
Margo Harris
New York
Ralph Hatstat
McMahan
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Clement McMahan
J. H. Brown
West Newton
J. C. Bearse
Malden
E. J. Stewart
Needham
Theodore Stewart
Newton
Stoneham
William A. Todd
Theodore Lazell
Bangor
MacMahan
Bath
Howard Trafton
Robert Waller
Kennebec Point
Beacon Lights Present The Honeymoon Is Over in Bath
Beacon Lights will stage The Honeymoon Is Over for a fourth Bath performance Friday at eight at West Bath grange hall. Rev. Alfred Ives portrays Bill the Beak, with Carver's Orchestra providing music for dancing after the show. Also noted, a large whale was sighted off Popham Beach Monday afternoon, larger than recent whales, likely drawn by schools of herring nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bath
West Bath Grange Hall
Alfred Ives
Beacon Street Church
Bill the Beak
Ives
Saco
Carver
Popham Beach
Gilbert Head
Bay Point
Five Islands Bible class ends year with review of Parables
Five Islands residents enjoy a busy holiday weekend with visits from relatives. Activities included a final Bible class session led by Mrs. Victor Pinkham, a youth party at the Good Neighbor clubhouse, and the Ice Cream Parlor opening under Mrs. Arthur Nelson. Numerous summer guests from Maine and Massachusetts vacationed at local cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Good Neighbor
Arthur Nelson
Thomas Watson
Little River Road
Russell Harford, Jr
Maynard Thibodeau
Farm Bureau of
Georgetown
Russell Pinkham
Teen Party Coffee Ice Cream Treats
A simple party idea features coffee ice cream topped with marshmallow cream or marshmallow fluff and blanched toasted almonds for a quick, kid friendly dessert option.
A L Berry Oil Co Opens at New Location
The A L Berry Oil Co moves from 147 Front Street to 118 Commercial Street on the former Leeman property. The Front Street parking area will be blocked off until August 9 when the Swett heirs lease ends, as Berry cites liability for injuries or damages to the old shortcut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Berry Oil Co
Front Street
Leeman
Commercial Street
Berry
Swett
Bath men bound over in motor larceny case
Three Bath men Herman Wright 23 Lawrence Wright 19 and a Bath minor waived hearing before Municipal Court Judge Harry M Shaw and were bound over to the June term of Cumberland County Superior Court in bonds of 500 each for larceny of an outboard motor from Pleasant Island Camps Cupsuptic Lake Oxford County The Bath minor pleaded guilty in Brunswick Municipal Court to breaking entering and larceny from a South Harpswell store and was bound over to September term of Cumberland County Superior Court with 1000 sureties Chester Wayne 28 Bath was held in 2000 bail for September term on a similar charge he pled guilty in Brunswick Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wright
Lawrence Wright
Bath
Harry M. Shaw
Norway
Superior Court
Pleasant Island Camps
Cupsupthc Lake
Oxford County
Brunswick Municipal Court
South Harpswell
Cumberland County
Chester Wayne
Schoolboy Patrol Holds First Annual Meeting
The Woolwich Schoolboy Patrol presents its first annual meeting Friday at nine in City hall auditorium. Certificates will be awarded and a speaker with moving pictures is planned. The group has contributed to preventing traffic accidents by school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Woolwich Schoolboy Patrol
Obituary: George F. Trott Dies at 63 in Auburn Washington
George Frederic Trott 63 of Auburn Washington native of Woolwich died last April of a heart attack after his barn west of Auburn blew down in strong wind. Survived by wife Edna, son George Irving Trott, daughter Eleanor Eaken and two grandchildren. He taught Sunday school for decades and served as Republican precinct committeeman in Aaron precinct. He took over Green Meadow Dairy and retired in 1945. Funeral services were held at Auburn Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Wash
George Frederic Trott
Woolwich
Trott
Glen B. Eaken
Robert W. Maulden
Edna M. Conger
Green Meadow
Seattle Milk Producers Association
King County Agriculture Conservation Association
Methodist
Aaron Precinct
Death of John L Johnston Passes in Berlin New Hampshire
John Leo Johnston age 38 of Bath New Hampshire died in a St Louis hospital Berlin after a long illness. He served three years in World War II mainly in the European Theater radar division of the Signal Corps Air Force earning five battle stars. He was born October 8 1904 in Bath attended local schools and leaves widow Lillian Johnston and two sisters Mrs George A Gagne and Miss Grace M Johnston of Cascade. Funeral services were held Monday morning at St Kiernan Catholic Church in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Hospital
Berlin
N. H
John Leo Johnston
John M. Johnston
Somerset Place
Bath
Signal Corps
Air Force
Lillian Johnston
George A. Gagne
Grace M. Johnston
Cascade, N. H
St. Kiernan Catholic Church
Mrs Sarah L Homan dies at 32 in Bath
Mrs Sarah L Homan 32 of 54 Dummer Street died suddenly Born April 17 1917 Yonkers N Y she was daughter of Harry and Mattie Frost Wheatley Survived by husband Jesse son Richard two daughters Jane Barbara brother Harry L Wheatley Boston sister Mrs Francis Talbot East Boston Private funeral held Tuesday at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Alfred H Ives officiating Burial in Oak Grove family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah L. Homan
Dummer Street
Yonkers
N. Y
Harry
Mattie Frost Wheatley
Jesse Homan
Richard
Jane
Barbara
Bath
Harry L. Wheatley
Boston
Francis Talbot
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Alfred H. Ives
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Oak Grove
About 30000 Women Die Annually in US Accidents
A rough estimate states that about thirty thousand women in the United States lose their lives each year due to accidental causes. The figure reflects noncombat fatalities across diverse settings and warns of ongoing risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Flea Can Move Weight Hundreds of Times Its Size
A flea demonstrates remarkable strength by lifting objects hundreds of times heavier than its own body weight, illustrating extraordinary proportional power in the animal kingdom.
Ethel Spinney Robbins dies on her 56th birthday
Bay Point residents mourn the death of Mrs. Ethel Spinney Robbins, sister of Herman Spinney, who passed away May 28 in Mercy hospital Portland on her birthday. She was remembered for a gentle, kind personality and was laid to rest in Yarmouth on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Herman Spinney
Ethel Spinney Robbins
Robbins
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Yarmouth
Committal Service Held for Mrs Flora Mathews in Manchester
Committal services were held at Oak Grove cemetery for Flora Belle Mathews widow of William Mathews of Manchester Connecticut. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Horace Williams Manchester New Hampshire and Mrs Ray Pillsbury Newfields New Hampshire, two sons Dr Frank Mathews Providence Rhode Island and Carl Mathews New York City, and sister in law Mrs Frank Jaqua Bath. Services were read by Dr Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove Cemetery
Flora Belle Mathews
Manchester
Funeral for Mrs Kaiulani Sewall Williams
Mrs Kaiulani Sewall Williams funeral was held Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. Honorary bearers included John W Williams Jr Harold S Williams Arthur F Williams Harold M Sewall and Walter E Edge Jr, interment at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiulani Sewall Williams
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
John W. Williams, Jr
Harold S. Williams
Arthur F.williams
Harold M. Sewall
Walter E. Edge, Jr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath muster committee plans July Fourth centennial events
The Bath Double Centennial committee met at City hall to review progress for the July 2 to 4 celebration. State Sen Joseph W. Larrabee and State Reps Howard C. Larrabee and J Horace McClure attended. Plans include record muster participation, a Maine Central railroad exhibit on July 3, Merchant's Day July 2, possible striped bass derby, boat races, drum and bugle corps contests, and a fireworks display funded by a city appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Howard C. Larrabee
J. Horace McClure
Maine Central Railroad
Bath City
Lions Club Convention Heads to Halifax for 200th Anniversary
Edward Dale district governor E L McCurdy cabinet secretary Dr William Watson and Howard Steen of Bath Lions Club depart Friday for Halifax to attend the Lions clubs of Maine and Maritime Provinces convention. They travel via St John New Brunswick then Digby ferry to Digby and drive through the Annapolis Valley to Halifax. Meetings will be at the Lord Nelson and the Nova Scotian hotels as Halifax marks its 200th anniversary through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dale ‘True
Lions Club
E. L. McCurdy
William Watson
Howard Steen
Bath
Lord Nelson
Nova Scotian
Halifax
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Allan Brough
Naylors
Evelyn Cromwell
Fellowship For Christ Society
Mildred Wheeler
Joe
Brough
Stanley Griffin
Louise Pashard
Clyde,McFee
James Carr
Richmond Sportsmen’s Association
Arthur Berry
Florence Watson
Frank Siegars
Topsham
Fred Duren
William T. Ben
Roy Newman
Melvin Cunningham
Gertrude Hunt
J. R. Blackie
Joseph Higgins
Dorothy Stewart
Gilbert Lewis
Robert Graffam
Farm Bureau
Overlook Hall
Harold J. Brown
First Baptist Church
Alfred
England
Belle Heald
Dorothy Stuart
Roland Peterson
Hilltop
First Baptist Church Vestry
Elmer Hibbetts
James Oliver
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Robert Grahram
Charles Clark
Erlon Newdick
Leon Oliver
Newburyport
Arthur Rowe
Arlington
Alfred Rowe
Lena Donnell
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph F. Higgins
Ralph Davis
Brian
Terry
Linwood Stevens
Grand Bend
Ont
Davis
Niagara Falls
Stanley Kosalka
Eric
Lexington
Clifford Woodhull, Jr
Morristown
N. J
Woodhull
Grace Fullerton
Robbie Jordan
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Edward Harriman
Harriman
Waf Hudson
Sagadahoc Bay
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Howard M. Trafton
Edward Clarey
Vernon Gray
Kenneth Wood
George Douglas
Douglas Cottage
Cora Murch
Fred Carr
Walter Thomas
Malden Island
Vernal Chaney
Russell McDonnell
Kittery
William MacGrath
Brookline
Edith Davis
Carl Welling
Weymouth
McGraths
Charles Moore
Lincoln
Herbert Moore
Norman Howard
William Marr
Livermore Falls
Alma Wilkins
James Wilkins
Wilkins
Italy
L. H. Rowe
Francis Bacon
Bacon
Peter
Sudbury
Leon Williams
Williams
Otis Baker
Norwood
Robert Wiley
Karen
Wallingford
Francis Pierce
Vincent Davis
Leominster
Lester Davis
George Philips
Arthur Johnson
Arthur Frederickson
Watertown
Elsworth Reynolds
Reginald Church
Elizabeth McMahan
Clayton
Somerville
Merion Ainley
Charles Jones
Cambridge
Marthon Doak
Andrea
Howard Cottage
Marcia
Theodore
Frederick
Lowell
Richard Walker
Arthur
Quine
Wales
Harold Cranshaw
John Cranshaw
Frederick Butts
Mareena
Carl Pearson
Rille Tarr
T. W. Blaisdell
Melvin Comeau
E. E. Pinkham
Clark
Marius H. Page
North Street
George Frederick Trott
Washington
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