Georgetown Clergy Ordination and Memorial Day News
Georgetown reports include Pastor Warren Harris preaching on the Holy Spirit in John 14 15 29 and an Ordination Council at First Baptist church with Harris examined for June 16. Also covered are Memorial Day parades, local social visits, school events, real estate moves, and multiple townsfolk updates across West Georgetown Bath and Sagadahoc Bay communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Harris
Nelson Felch
Freeport
Charles Sims
Bath
United Baptist Convention of
America
Beautiful
Working League
Richards Library
Katharine Blackie
Cordelia Rowe
Clarence B. Hill
Georgetown Center
Boston University
University Field
Boston
Hill
Franklin
Hills
Georgetown
Kennebec Power Squadron
Robinhood Cove
Alfred McCabe
Ernest Zapf
Brunswick
William Mussenden
Walter Beane
Central
Charles Kelley
James Oliver
Dresden
Five Islands Quilts Busy Schedule and Graduates
Five Islands residents attend a busy week with post office visit rehearsals for a children’s day program at the church on June 24 and Morse High School graduates Richard Hanna and Sylvia Pinkham. Community members attend ordination preparations, cottage vacations, and multiple visits across Bath Lewiston and Exeter as local families celebrate milestones and define summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Har
Five Islands
Morse High School
Richard Hanna
Lulu Hanna
Thomas Hanna
Sylvia Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Harlan Pinkham
William Marr
Warren Harris
Georgetown
Charles O'Brien
Madge O’brien
George Lee
St. Petersburg
Fla
Raphael Higgins
Bath
Richard Barter
Charlene Marie
Charles Almasi
Lilla Lewis
Lawrence
Richmond
Cunningham
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
J. G. Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Paul A. Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Marion Stevens
Thompson
Alma Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Clifford Besaw
North Jay
Walter Thomas
Malden Island
Francis Floyd
Somerville
Mass
Sherman Mills
Howard McMahan
Reginald Church
Marion Ainley
Cambridge
Warren Lane
Worcester
Rugg
Almon Marr
Malden
Ray Grover
Ground Observers Corps
Grover
Morse High
Carroll
Alvin
Mansfield Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Pinkham
Georgetown Parsonage
Alexander LaFleur
William Campbell
Mary Moore
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere Road
Edith Moore
Erland Moore
Central School
Judy McMahan
Virginia Moore
Marion Steward
Raymond Hanna
Wayne MacGillivary
Herbert Moore
Charles
Winchester
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Ann McCole
Comeau
Bruce MacGillivary
Percy MacGillivary
U.S Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. Cc
Winthrop and family visit Riggs cottage at Robin Hood
Winthrop and her mother Mrs Elliot of Portland travel with Mrs Riggs daughter Mrs D H Pen ley and her husband and son of Paris Hill to the Riggs cottage at Robin Hood for holiday. Mrs Riggs later spoke at the commencement exercises at Simmons College.
Visit Notes From Westbrook and Brookline Guests
David of Westbrook visited Mrs. Kathleen Rittall Sunday. Mrs. Edith Davis of Brookline Massachusetts is at her home for a few weeks and has as her guest Mrs. Pearson of Medford Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Westbrook
Kathleen
Brownie Troop Holds Final Meeting of the Season
Forget-Me-Not Brownies of Troop 13 ended the season with an outing and Fly-Up ceremony at the Birch Point cottage of Leader Mrs. Linwood Haynes. Fly-Ups Irene Savoie Carol Brown Jean Beaton Marjorie Ferris Carolyn French Betsy Green Nancy Lacy Gail McIntosh Holly Payne Alice Preble Martha Shepard Mary Steen Jean Steen Linda Allenn wood Paula McLain Terri Lee Wade received pins from Mrs. Haynes as stars were handed out by Assistant Leader Mrs. George Cary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 2
Sharon Milliken
Barbara Haynes
Haynes
George Cary
Mary Burnell
Suzanne King
Frances Cary
Gail Lane
Kathy Raven
Portland Names Bath Office Manager as City Clerk
Arthur A. Duffett 43 of Portland was elected Portland City Clerk by the City Council in a special session. A Bath Beneficial Finance Co. manager and World War II Coast Guard veteran, Duffett has served as Bath office head since 1952 and will assume duties in two weeks. He is a Bates College graduate and is married to Elaine L. Wright with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath
Beneficial Finance Co
Arthur A. Duffett
Glenwood Avenue
Forest City
Duffett
Portland High School
Bates College
Coast Guard
Elaine L. Wright
Edgar H. Wright
Bath Rotary paper drive supports Boy Scout camping fund
The Bath Rotary club will conduct a paper drive Saturday morning to raise funds for the Boy Scout camping fund. Residents can dispose of paper by calling Heyward Newcomb at 3-9870 or Ira Nadine at 3-4598. all paper will be picked up Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
First Atlantic Crossing Achieved by Navy Plane in 1919
A Navy aircraft completed the first air crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1919 marking a historic milestone in military aviation. The feat demonstrated endurance and navigational skill as crews crossed from the United States to Europe amid postwar advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Bay Point Seaside Visitors Amid Foggy Seas
Weather remains poor with fog and wind delaying gardening as Bath hosts the French warship L Aventure during a four day goodwill visit. Bay Point residents including Eleanor Gillis Karen Furbish and Dwight Furbish family join weekend Cottage guests and local social visits across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gillis
Karen Furbish
Bay Point
L’aventure
Bath
Dunlap
Dwight Furbish
Gordon Merry
Blanche Merry
Waldoboro
U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Andrew Butterfield
Mr. Dube
Raymond
Dube
Sonny Balavance
Lewiston
White Cottage
Rose Kingsbury
Bennett
Exeter
N. H
Harry Stone
Mrs. Berry
William Leeman
Sherman Campbell
Civil Suits Totaling 107000 Filed In Court Portland
DeWitt Arnold and his wife filed civil suits in Superior Court seeking combined damages of 107000 against W H Hinman Inc and Clarence Whitney for a two year old truck car crash near Freeport. Arnold seeks 50000 for medical expenses and loss of his wife and son, plus 2000 for car damage. Mrs Arnold seeks 25000 for injuries. At Point Mugu California a 3000000 electronic system can perform about six million operations in five minutes, a feat beyond a typical mathematician’s reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Freeport
DeWitt Arnold
W. H. Hinman, Inc
North Anson
Clarence Whitney
Augusta
Arnold
Point Mugu
California
Mitchell School PTA Names Committees at Monday Meeting
Mitchell School PTA held its final meeting of the season with 22 members present. Mrs. David Vaehon presided as president and announced a food sale by the Ways and Means committee at Rogers hardware store Saturday. Standing committees and room mothers for the coming year were announced, with names including Alfred Oxton, Charles Hewitt, Hilton Libby, Leland Haggett, Paul Graf fam, and others. Meetings resume in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Vaehon
Mitchell Parent-Teacher Association
Mitchell School
Rogers Hardware Store
Ways and Means
Leland Patten
Donald T. Page
Oscar Marsh
Alfred Oxton
Charles Hewitt
Hilton Libby
Abraham Greenblatt
Robert Coombs
Dale Whittaker
Benjamin Zimmerman
Bath P. T. A. Council
Frances Hafford
Gerald Rioux
Raymond Watson
School Health Council
Clyde Ambrose
Frank Sylvester
Leland Haggett
Harold Haggett
Paul Graffam
James Morse
James McGuiggan
Zimmerman
Page
Frank Bates
Marsh
Harold Thayer
Patten
Simmons Moody
Frances Hofford
Marshall MacDonald
DAR Chapter Holds Annual Picnic and Flag Day Observance
Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R meets at Phippsburg Center with about 50 members attending. they decorate 38 revolutionary graves with flags, present wreaths, and unveil a new Community Services Committee and flag committee. prize quiz winners named, state officer elections noted, successful auction concludes program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Phippsburg Center
Charles V. Minott
Frederick M. Haggett
Harold T. Stanton
War Memorial
City Park
Norman W. Howard
Haggett
Committee On
Carl E. Albee
55Th Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Community Services Committee
Flag of the
United States of America
Benjamin Woodside
Edward Reed
W. H. McGlinchy
Francis Scott Key
Stanton
the Children of the American Revolution
Monroe Carlton
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Ellen Low
Carlton
McGlinchy
Rotary Club News and Scout Paper Drive
The Bath Rotary Club met at Central Congregational Church Parish House for a noon luncheon. A paper drive to fund Boy Scout camp ends Saturday and donors may call Ira Nadine or Heyward Newcomb. Edward Sewall Jr presented a film "A Star is Born" on petroleum industry topics. Guests included Maurice Brown of Exeter New Hampshire and Frank Shaw of Needham Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wesley Young People Help Clean Up Camp Grounds
Wesley Methodist group from the church and families joined fellow Maine Methodist Conference workers at the Winthrop camp for a Saturday work day. Ernest Gustafson led 54 volunteers including 17 Wesley Fellowship members and drivers Mrs. Upham Mr. Upham Mrs. Marble and Rev. Dr. Bell to clean windows paint floors rake debris cut grass repair cottages and prepare docks and boats for summer before a swim picnic with watermelon provided by Gustafsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Winthrop
Maine Methodist Conference
Methodist Fellowship of
Wesley
Walter E. Upham
Charles Marble
Oliver W. Bell
Ernest Gustafson
Gustafsen
Priscilla Marble
Sharon Wing
Beverly Cromwell
Charles Ashton
Walter Upham
Roger Upham
Lisa Upham
Doris
Yvonne Crosby
Donna Nute
Jerry Stone
Elisabeth Marble
Robert MacLeod
Open House for Morse High Graduates Hosted by Miss Johansen
Miss Isabel Johansen hosted an open house for Morse High School graduates at her 69 Western Avenue home after the baccalaureate. Class vocalists Donald Jenkins and Eddie Wilson performed as dancing and refreshments followed. The blue and white themed cake was cut by Class President Paul Johnson with Miss Johansen. Mrs Joseph McKenna served the cake. dip pint punch was poured by Adelle Rubin and Carol Bartels. Receiving guests was Miss Sandra London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Johansen
Morse High School
Western Avenue
Donald Jenkins
Eddie Wilson
Paul Johnson
Miss Johansen
Joseph McKenna
Adelle Rubin
Carol Bartels
Sandra London
Baptist Youth Fellowship Ends Season at First Baptist
Members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of First Baptist Church met Sunday evening in the vestry for the last regular meeting of the season. Jack Wallace was elected president and thanked Bernice Green for her year of service. Rev. Charles R. Sims spoke on The Promises of the Bible. A social meeting was announced for June 12. Attendees included Bernice Green, Jack Wallace, Penelope Carter, Donald Thayer, Marilyn House, Gail Oliver, Dixie Oliver, Katherine Picken, and the Sims couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Youth Fellowship
The
First Baptist Church
Marilyn House
Jack Wallace
Bernice Green
Charles R. Sims
Penelope Carter
Donald Thayer
Gail Oliver
Dixie Oliver
Katherine Picken
Mrs. Sims
Skowhegan Hosts Maine P.M.I. OO. F. Council Meeting
Bath delegates Mrs Louise W Stevens and Mrs Caroline E Thompson attend the annual Maine Department P M I O O F session in Skowhegan. Lady Fern Lockhard elected president and Lady Ruth Southard vice president. Lockhard named delegate to the Omaha international session. Ruth Allen, junior past president, serves as alternate. Lt Col Harold Colby of Auburn and Lt Col Carl Eaton of South Berwick receive highest decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise W. Stevens
Caroline E. Thompson
Bath
Department of Maine
Skowhegan
Fern Lockhard
Ruth Southard
Orono
Omaha
Neb
Ruth Allen
New England
Harold Colby
Auburn
Carl Eaton
South Berwick
Haskell School Graduation Plans Changed To Saturday
Haskell Memorial School will hold graduation exercises and the closing program Saturday evening June 9 after vesper services at the Seventh day Adventist church. The program includes piano and violin numbers, two playlets, a Spanish hymn, and diplomas for Drucilla Westermeyer and Jeannie Bettle. The event is open to the public. In WWII the Seabees reached 142 Construction Battalions, building air strips, piers, magazines, warehouses, hospitals, tanks, and housing for troops in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Drucilla Westermeyer
Jeannie Bettle
Seabees
Pacific
Three Girl Scouts Win Curved Bar Awards Monday
Wild Rose Troop 2 at Central Congregational church honored Sharon Milliken Barbara Kenney and Alison Turpie with Curved Bar awards in an impressive parish house ceremony. First Class badges went to Nancy Osgood McInnes Pamela Hanson Carla Tukey and Pamela Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scouts
Wild Rose Troop 2
Central Congregational Church
Sharon Ann Milliken
Barbara Jean Kenney
Alison Turpie
Robert A. Milliken
Russell Kenney
William Turpie
Nancy Ellen Osgood
Nancy Ellen McInnes
Pamela Hanson
Carla Tukey
Pamela Brown
Burt S. Osgood
E. O. Tukey
Kenney
A. Fred Brown
Obituary Charles E Colby veteran foreman of Hand Tub
Charles E Chub Colby 74 died Tuesday night at his Green Street home in Topsham after a long illness. Born June 14 1881 in Somerville MA he worked as Bath Lewiston electric railway conductor and later a sheet metal worker at Bath Iron Works. He retired as sexton of First Parish Brunswick and served in the Androscoggin Volunteer Fire Department rising to foreman in 1913 with 99 musters. Surviving widow Annie Stebbins Colby daughter Margaret Maines son Clarence W. three grandchildren a niece and nephew. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Stetson Funeral Home Brunswick with interment Riverview cemetery Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Colby
Charles E. “Chub” Colby
Green Street
Topsham
Somerville
Mass
Frank A
Stearns Colby
Bath- Lewiston Electric Railway
Bath Iron Works Corp
First
Brunswick
Colby
Androscoggin
Song of Union Veterans
Maine State Hand Engine League
Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias
Annie Stebbins Colby
Margaret Maines
Portland
Clarence W
Stetson Funeral Home
Riverview Cemetery
Ernest O Knight 67 retired printer dies in Gardiner
Ernest O Knight aged 67 a Bath native and retired printer died suddenly Saturday at his Gardiner home August 25 1888 He was a Bath High School graduate who trained at Bath Times Co and worked for Gannett Publishing Augusta before moving to Gardiner about 15 years ago to work for Eagle Publishing Co until retirement He was a Mason and member of the Order of Eastern Star Surviving: widow Effie Knight Gardiner son Eugene Knight Schenectady NY daughter Rita Bowman Randolph brother Harry L Knight Bath nephew Harry L Knight Jr Kittery and uncle Herbert Knight Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest O. Knight
Bath
Gardiner Barn
Eugene
Carrie Oliver Knight
Bath High School
Bath Times Co
Knight
Gannett Publishing Co
Augusta
Gardiner
Eagle Publishing Co
Mr. Knight
Order of Eastern Star
Effie Knight
Eugene Knight
Schenectady
N.Y
Rita Bowman
Randolph
Harry L. Knight
Harry L. Knight, Jr
Kittery
Herbert Knight
Mrs Barbara Hatch Dies In Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Barbara E Hatch 37 of State road Woolwich died Tuesday afternoon at Bath Memorial Hospital after a two day stay She was wife of Bert W Hatch daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Patton born April 5 1919 Mineola Long Island NY Survived by husband two sons Wayne Gary two daughters Beverly Wendy two brothers Robert Patton Pawtucket RI Howard Patton Bayville NY and sister Grace Mayo Oyster Bay NY
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Claros B. Hill
Asrrs
Potter
Sheepscot
Alonzo Thibodeau
Harold Brown, Jr
Francis Pierce
Damariscotta
Harold Browns
James Olivers
Five Islands
David Pierce
Victor Hagan
West Peabody
Mass
New Jersey
Georgetown Center
Raymond B. Marr
Everett
Charles MacMahan
Boothbay Harbor
Harold Brown Jrs
Robert Graffam
Portland
Dorothy W. Stuart
Laura Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Miss Boyd
Boston
William Bisseth
John K. Lee
Bath
Jack
Horace
Lee
MacMahan
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
Little Sheepscot
Erlon L. Newdick
Charles Clark
Augusta
Oak Cemetery
Everett D. Stevens
Squirrel Island
Sheepscot Bay
Drake
Indian Point Road
Sarah Drake
Arthur White
Groton
Harry Bedford
James Bedford
Harry Jackson
Whitinsville
Bedford
West Georgetown
Robert Hawley
Amherst
Barbara FE. Hatch
State Road
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bert W. Hatch
Arthur
Elizabeth Brenner Patton
Mineova
Long Island
N. Y
Wayne
Gary
Beverly
Wendy
Robert Patton
Pawtucket
R I
Howard Patton
Bayville
Grace Mayo
Oyster Bay, N. Y
Margaret Winchell 83 Dies After Nursing Home Stay
Mrs Margaret Winchell, 83, died Thursday morning at a Bath area nursing home where she had resided for about a year and a half. Born in Canada, she lived in Bath nearly her entire life and was wed to William A Winchell of Bath, who died December 8, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Winchell
Canada
Bath
William A. Winchell
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Leon Williams
Waltham
Gunnell
Joe Adshade
Raymond Reid
New York City
Honus Hicks
Marrtown
Brian Davis
U. S. Coast Guard
J. Whitney Brown
Robert Davis
Needham, Mass
Beatrice Bouton
William A. Todd
Roy Newman
Benjamin Riggs
Ike
U.S
Brazil
AMITY
Eisenhower
Joao B. M. Goulart
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Tommy
Bina.Marr
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Arthur Berry
Miami Beach
Carol Davis
Las Vegas
Brandi O’farrell
Los Angeles
Edward Cooke
Ray Johnson
Richard Ruther
March Michles
Daniel Lamelle
Brownie Troop
Kay Powers
Thomas Hagan
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
Ruth Keen
Hempstead
Lombard
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Stoneham
H. White, Jr
Dedham
First Beach
W. C. Davis
Sadao Araki
Tokyo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Japan
Araki
International
PTA
DAR
Rotary Club
Baptist Youth Fellowship of
First Baptist Meets
C.F
Haskell School
Barbara E, Hatch
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