Richmond High Class Day Schedule and Community Events
Richmond High School hosts a class day program at the Rich mond Theatre with seniors E Hinkley Gilbert and Cray featured in the exercises. A senior reception follows at the gym with Joe Avery’s orchestra and a semi formal junior class sponsored affair. Community activities include a Saturday auction by the Lions club for a planned public pool and meetings of W.S.C.S Progressive Grange Beulah Rebekah Lodge with district plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Theatre
Tay
Girls Glee Club
Gloria Small
Emelene Hinkley
Maxine Waltz
Qs Glee Club
Hodgkins
Ada Gilbert
Pauline Cray
Ernest Williams
Georgia Moeller
Patricia McDermott
Russell W. Perry
Clarence Fickett
Walter Varney
Joe Avery
Gordon Curtis
Harold Averell
Marjorie Guiou
Donald Chambers
Betty LaRochelle
Jeanne Meserve
June Fossett
Lois Kimball
Priscilla Riske
Claudette Robinson
Gerald Wilson
Charlotte Hurley
George Withee
Richmond High
Emerson Lane Legion Post and Auxiliary
Miss Hurley
Colby College
Withee
Orono
Hurley
Lions Club
Lanefield
Richmond
Glenn Lamoreau
Enterprise Grange Hall
H. Ellsworth Blodgett
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Ray Stetson
Portland
Harris Hutchins
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Margaret Borjesson
Wiscasset
Huse Faculty Outing At Birch Point Langbehn Cottage
Huse Memorial school faculty gathered Monday evening at the Langbehn cottage on Birch Point for a social. A covered dish supper accompanied gifts for Miss Carolyn Howard a first grade teacher who will marry this summer. The event featured games group singing and boating with guests Mrs Manley Grant and daughter Barbara Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Langbehn
Birch Point
Carolyn Howard
Huse
New Meadows
Manley Grant
Barbara Ann
Mrs Gilmore and Mrs Elliott Return From Grand Lake Stream Outing
Mrs Arthur Gilmore of Mechanic Street and Mrs Walter Elliott of Brunswick have returned from a week's outing at one of the Elliott camps at Grand Lake Stream in Aroostook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gilmore
Mechanic Street
Walter Elliott
Brunswick
Elliott
Grand Lake Stream
Aroostook County
Roy Lewis Wedding Prompts Evening Nazarene Church Reception
Miss Priscilla Lewis daughter of Mrs Marie Lewis and Delbert Lewis of Haverhill Mass wed Clarence Roy son of Mrs Mary Roy of Bath and the late Gene Roy at the Nazarene church with Rev J L Calhoun officiating A reception followed at the bride’s home with a buffet lunch and a four tier wedding cake The couple plans a week long wedding trip and will reside in Phippsburg Both families and numerous locals attended the reception including Christine and Joan Lewis and other relatives and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Lewis
Marie Lewis
Richardson Street
Delbert Lewis
Haverhill
Mass
Clarence Roy
Mary Roy
Bath
Gene Roy
Nazarene Church
J. Lyal Calhoun
Frederick Chandler
Christine Lewis
Phippsburg
Roy
Morse High School
Bath Box Co
Christine and
Joan Lewis
Betty Palmer
Howard Elliot
Fred Chandler
Judy Palmer
Russell Fitch
Kidrick Palmer
Frances Johanson
Richard Heffron
Alice Be
Kenneth Chatley
Grace Chandler
Bertha Bremner
Edna Lewis
Winfield Lewis
Junior Hospital League Banquet Held at Bath Country Club
The Bath Country Club hosted the Junior Hospital League annual banquet Tuesday evening in a redecorated room. Incoming president Mrs. S. Theodore Bertocci and retiring president Miss Eleanor Wilson greeted guests amid a social program attended by many league members and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Junior Hospital League
League
S. Theodore Bertocci
Eleanor Wilson
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
James A. Gillies, Jr
Frederick Robie
Frederick Haggett
Harold McElman
Leonard Litchfield
George Barker
Leon Buck
Eugene Eberhard
George F. Cary 2d
G. Baer Connard
Frank Given
William Mussenden
William A. Niss
Harry Day
Gladys Johnson
Douglas Dearborn
Roger Skillings
Edwin R. Andrews
William P. Kelley
Rodney Ross, Jr
Eleanor Rand
Dean Shaw
Roger M. Luke
Donald N. Small
Claude S. Gillette
Edward Kinder
A. M. Main, Jr
Priscilla Magoun
Omar King
Memorial Service at West Bath Grange
The annual Memorial program at West Bath Grange honored deceased members of the past year. Chaplain Mrs. Dora Royal led the service as candles were extinguished and names of the departed read by Ila Day, Frances Waterman, Persis Miller, Harry Peterson, Joseph Oliver, E Mason Wright, and Daniel McCall. A Lord’s Prayer, a song, poems, and tableaux followed before the chaplain offered closing thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Dora Royal
Mrs. Royal
Thelma Sylvester
Ila Day
Mable Peckham
Frances Waterman
Florence MacLellan
Persis Miller
Daisy Oliver
Harry Peterson
Hon. J. Edward Drake
Joseph Oliver
William A. Coombs
E,. Mason Wright
Fred Kittredge
Daniel McCall
John J. Mulcahy
James Royal
Ira Day
Doris Doughty
Bertha Palmer
X ray fitting shoes may affect bones and skin
Bernard Geis in Cosmopolitan warns that using an X ray to fit shoes could impress adults and amuse children but risks stunting bone growth or causing skin burns from rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Geis
Cosmopolitan
Georgetown bridal shower surprises Miss Christine Williams
Last Thursday at Georgetown Center Miss Christine Williams surprised at a bridal shower hosted by her cousins and Mrs Alfred Rowe. Attendees included many local families. the event featured a decorated cake, gifts, and a spread of ice cream and cake. Memorial Day visits and various local personal items followed in the community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine ‘Joag
Alfred Rowe
Georgetown Center
Miss Williams
William F. Plummer
Five Islands
First Baptist Church
Rowe
John D. Williams
Belle Heald
J. Robert
Blackie
Dorothy W. Stuart
Georgetown
L. Earle Hagan
Nancy
Harry H. Heald
Roland E. Peterson
Louise
William Bisseth
Joseph F. Higgins
Nettie Gray
Drummond Stevens
Louise Powers
Nancy Tibbetts
John McArthur
Alvah C. Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Melvin Cunningham
Ralph Davis
Mac Hagan
Harold J. Brown
Harold Brown Jr
Everett Stebens
Alfred Rowe Jr
Carroll Powers
Boys warned after trespassing on Carlton bridge span
Police Chief Moriarty warns youths against using the railroad level of the Carlton bridge as several complaints roll in. A 17 year old was seen on the draw span when lifted for a tanker and taken to the station for a scolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Frank L. Moriarty
Card of Thanks from Five Islands resident
I express sincere appreciation to my doctors and the Bath Memorial hospital staff for excellent care during my illness. Gratitude to my friends and neighbors for the cards received. Five Islands, Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Five Islands
Miss Maria St. Angelo Remembered After Memorial Day Weekend
Miss Maria St. Angelo of Washington Street passed away during Memorial Day weekend in Lewiston. Her family and local residents mourn her loss and honor her memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria St. Angelo
Washburn Street
Lewiston
Five Islands Club Activities and Community Notes
The Five Islands Bible Readers finish season with a Reid State Park picnic for twenty children ages nine to twelve. Volunteers and relatives attend gatherings at Library Hall and plan upcoming church and civic events. Summers across nearby towns bring visits from families in Dorchester and Waltham, with many residents noted at local cottages and camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Readers Club
Five Islands
Reid State Park
John Reedy
Kathleen Rittall
Lermond Davis
Albert Moore
Harold Pinkham
Marlene Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Library Association
Library Hall
William Stewart
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
Columbia Street Baptist Church
Bangor
Five Islands Church
Georgetown Central School
Tommy Watson
Thomas Watson
Theos
Roger
Evelyn
Janice Pinkham
Donald Nichols
Ann Rowe
Edith Moore
Carol Cochrane
Loretta Pinkham
Karen MacGillivary
Franklin Pinkham
Grace Ellen Preble
Michael Rousse
Woolwich Woman Killed When Struck by Truck
A 71-year-old Woolwich resident, Velma Della Robinson, was killed instantly on U S Route 1 near the Woolwich Wiscasset line. The Hillcrest Poultry Co. truck, driven by Harry M. Merrifield, struck her as she crossed to a mailbox and returned home. Investigators said she walked into the path of the vehicle as it swerved to avoid her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Velma Della Robinson
Harold C. Robinson
Herman Boudreau
Robinson
Boudreau
Bath and area residents spend weekends visiting cottages and kin
The item lists numerous Bath Maine residents and friends visiting cottages and family across nearby towns this weekend. Names include Orrin White, Mrs. Lawrence Pero, Edward May, Donald Hopkins Jr, Wendell Stevens, Cpl. James MacMahan, Norman Howard, Walter Moore, Irving Hanna, Madge O Brien, Melvin Comeau, Madelyn Berry, William Sherman, Roland Spell, Eugene Reynolds, William Watson, Vernon Gray, Thomas Watson, plus others visiting relatives in Bath Richmond Rumney Malden Malden and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Nova Scotia
Vera Kinsman
Hyannis
Mass
Orrin White
Belfast
White Cottage
Edward May
Wethersfield
Wendell Stevens
Bath
Cpl
James MacMahan
USA
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Margaret MacMahan
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Norman Howard
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Ledgewood
Irving Hanna
Lulu Hanna
Branwell Harford
Rumney
N. H
Madge O'Brien
Cary Cottage
Melvin Comeau
M. Andey Percy MacGillivary Saturay
William Watson
Hope Rousse
Vernon Gray
Richmond
Lester Lewis
Thomas Watson
Bina Marr
Francis
Braintree
Farolyn Winn
Roger Ayer
Augusta
J. G. Stevens
Paul Thompson
Alice Grover
Helen Huskins
Harold Rowe
Ogunquit
Frederick Rasmussen
USAF
Obituary for Mrs. Al berta Willard Wight 1875 1952
Funeral services were held in Berlin N H for Mrs. Alberta Willard Wight 77 who died at her daughter’s home on Middle Street. She was born in Brunswick Vermont and educated in several New England schools. She married J Howard Wight in 1896 and served as Berlin postmistress from 1922. Survived by son Willard and three daughters among others. Burial was in Berlin City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Willard Wight
Harry Wilson
Middle Street
Berlin
N. H
Berlin City Cemetery
Wight
Brunswick
Alonzo Freeman
Marie Joibert Willard
North Stratford
Mansfield
Mass
Lancaster
Kents Hill
J. Howard Wight
American Legion Auxiliary
Ryan Scammon Post
American Legion of Berlin
Willard Wight
Littleton, N. H
Edmund J. McCarthy
Augusta
Harry M. Wilson
Bath
Farber E. Teel
Rockland
William Henry Heald 82 Dies in Phippsburg Home
William Henry Heald aged 82 died at his Phippsburg home Saturday. He was born October 27 1871 in Phippsburg and spent his life there as a ship joiner and caulker. Survived by a daughter Mrs Otis Hunt of Portsmouth NH two sons Edward Heald Bath and Henry Heald Portland a half sister Abbie Small Phippsburg a Philadelphia sister and three grandchildren. Funeral was Monday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Lyle Calhoun officiating burial in Riverside Cemetery Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Heald
Phippsburg
Howard Coal Co
Otis Hunt
Portsmouth
N. H
Edward Heald
Bath
Henry Heald
Portland
Abbie Small
Philadelphia
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Lyle Calhoun
Riverside Cemetery
Miss Mary Geary 77 Dies at Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Maine born Miss Mary Geary long time Bath resident dies at Bath Memorial Hospital after illness dating to 1943. Daughter of Michael and Katherine Geary she lived in Bath all her life and worked as a cook for local families. She had no close surviving relatives and had resided at 7 Brown Street before hospital admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Geary
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Michael
Katherine Geary
Bath Schoo
Charles H. McLellan
Washington Street
Douglas Dearborn
Capt
John McDonald
Bath Masonic Bodies
Miss Geary
Brown Street
Edward S Avery 32 West Bath dies in Bath hospital
Edward S Avery of West Bath died Thursday morning at Bath Memorial hospital after a 12 day stay. Born March 23 1921 he was a welder at Bath Iron Works. He is survived by wife Pauline Avery sons Edward William Paul John daughter Bonnie two brothers Elmer and Paul Bath half sister Carol Wilson and several uncles and aunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Avery
West Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Elmer
Ruby Humphrey Avery
Bath Iron Works
Pauline Avery
Elmer Avery
Dresden
Fred P. Wilson
Bath
Edward
Williamd
Paul
John
Bonnie
Elmer A
Carol Wilson
Charles Bean Dies at 91 in Presley Convalescent Home
Charles Bean aged 91 died Friday morning at Presley Convalescent Home 593 Washington Street where he had been a patient briefly. He was born in Avon and was the son of the late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bean
Presley
Washington Street
Avon
Area figures in obituary note with Blunt Ver ron and descendants
A brief obituary fragment mentions Charles Blunt of Massachusetts Marlene Ver Ron of Wisconsin and five great-grandchildren among the survivors. The notice is incomplete but records family ties and bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blunt
Massachusetts
Marlene Verron
Wisconsin
Funeral rites for Mrs Edith Kalloch and accident victims
Edith Kalloch died in Cumberland Foreside accident on Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services were held at 1727 Congress Street with Miss Barbara Johnson and others in attendance. burial set for Fort Fairfield. Johnson family member and Mrs. Lawrence White also injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Johnson
Hyde Memorial Home
Edith Kalloch
Congress Street
Fort Fairfield
Kalloch
Cumberland
Johnson
Portland
Lawrence M. White
Falmouth
Bath
Woolwich Woman Dies in Accident at 71
Velma D Robinson of Woolwich, wife of Harold Robinson, died Thursday morning after a fatal accident. Born November 31 1882, she was the daughter of William and Lydia Tupper Robinson and a member of Woolwich Grange. Survived by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pka
Harold Robinson
Woolwich
Victi
William and
Lydia
Tupper) Robinson
Robinson
Woolwich Grange
Funeral for Edward S Avery Held Sunday
Funeral for Edward S Avery was Sunday afternoon at two from the A F Mayo and Son Funeral Home with Laforest E Hodgkins and Rev J Lyal Calhoun officiating. Bearers were William MacFarland Robert Young Maurice [illegible] at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S
A. F. Mayo & Son
Funeral for Edith May Cornish Held at Local Residence
Funeral services for Mrs Edith May Cornish were held Friday at 1 30 PM from A F Mayo Son funeral residence with Rev David L Wilson officiating. Bearers were William C Perkins Robert H Walker Warren P Emery and Charles L Oxnard. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith May Cornish
A. F. Mayo & Son
David L. Wilson
William C. Perkins
Robert H. Walker
Warren P. Emery
Charles L. Oxnard
Oak Grove
Requiem Mass Held for Miss Mary Geary
Requiem high mass was held for Miss Mary Geary at St Marys Catholic church on Wednesday morning at eight. Rev Fr John Belfontaine officiated. Bearers were Edward Nett, Paul McCole, Harold Pay and John Carey. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Geary
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John Belfontaine
Edward Nett
Paul McCole
Harold Pay
John Carey
Calvary Cemetery
Funeral services for Velma D Robinson held at Oak Grove
Funeral for Velma D. Robinson was held Monday at nine oclock from A F Mayo chapel. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery in Ganititier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma D. Robinson
A. F. Mayo & Acca An
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ganititier
Memorial Day Notes From Bath And Nearby Towns
Mrs Irene Rice of Mechanic street returns from Saco visit with Mrs Howard P Hill nee Margaret Reed formerly of Bath. Memorial Day scenes in Lewiston featured Mrs Hill's son and wife Donald E Hill. Parade riders included Richard Carlson on Beau and Randall Daley on an Arabian. Mrs Ruth Fuller rode Western High Tone Boy. Other gatherings noted include visits to Brunswick and Morin Trailer Court. The Wyman and Soucie families swap homes as Forrest Wyman and family purchase the Haske ll property at High and Russell streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Rice
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
Margaret Reed
Bath
Lewiston
Maxine Armstrong
Eugene
Zoel Boucher
Jefferson
Wallace Chaplin
Sasanoa Bluff
Woolwich
Brunswick
Donat Morin
Morin
Forrest Wyman
Haskell
High and
Russell Streets
Mr. Wyman
Page
Man
Mechanic¢ Street
Reginald Soucie
Mrs. Wyman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy-Lewis
Nazarene Parsonage
Country Club
Oak Cemetery
Erlon Newdick
Charles Clarke
Auburn
Franklin Koehlwetter
George Oliver
John Mitchell
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Eliot Noble and Son
Working League
Philip Dalrymple
Wellesley Farms
Frederick Woodruff
Theodore Stewart
Kennebec Point
Clayton E. Stevens
Cherry Point
N. C
Camp Lejeune
Pvt
Cleon Stevens
Cleon
Louise Peterson
Waterville
Or Air Force Base
Rentee
Reese Air Base
Texas
Ralph Dunton
Edward St. Martin
Bass
Dunton
Robinhood
William Simpson
Boothbay Harbor
Florida
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Fla
Willie Paul Campbell
Jabbo
Deermont
Ralph Carlisle
Stuart
Kennebeck Point
Herbert Lane
Pinfold
Rudolph H. Train
David
Trafton
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Stoneham
Roscoe P. Todd
Edwin F. Hussa
MacMahan
New York
William McKellar
Roy Clark
Seguinland
Louise Butler
Walter Reid
Alfred Cloutier
Davis
Lawrence Cloutier
J. R. Hulbert
Lennox
West Georgetown
Friedman
Arkansas
Riggs
South Paris
Riggs Cottage
Gerald Yorks
Framingham
Mr. York
Harold Hersey
Winthrop
Vincent MacMahan
Arrowsic
David Alkazin
Billy Doyle
Victor Pinkham
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
George Smith
Gertrude
Dorchester
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Malden Island
Charles Lawson
Lieut. Little
Pfc
Cleon Pinkham
USMC
Clayton Stevens
Camp Lejune
Geneva Rowe
Olive Wilde
Howard Bacon
Wilkins Camp
Percy Wilkins
Thomas Hutchins
Irving
Donald
Flora Campbell
North Edgecomb
Arthur Davis
William Goodwin
North Anson
Pleasent Villa Cottage
Arthur Rowe
Lester Davis
Sherbon Rowe
Quincy Wales
Herman Barter
Emery Holt
Pushard
Mansfield Moore
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Franklin Keehlson
Bridgewater
Oasis
Carl Small
Rockport
Small
Winn
Boston
Eva Burke
Roslindale
Etta Kins
Velma Robinson
Alberta W. Wight
Cottage Park
Avery
M. H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouses
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