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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
7
Georgetown P T A meeting at the vestry drew a large attendance and social hour with refreshments. Notices mention deaths, graduations, summer plans, and numerous local residents visiting, traveling, and hosting across Bath, Five Islands, Robinhood, and nearby towns.
Mrs James Baxter of Portland is visiting Rear Admiral and Mrs Claude S Gillette on Washington Street.
Five Islands hall filled with townsfolk for the annual grammar school graduation. Supt. Gilman addressed graduates as color flags appeared in green and gold. The program included a procession, salutatory, essays, prophecies, and a benediction, with Rev. J. Clifton Little officiating.
Lists Joyce Mitchell Patricia Cool and Donald Colby as perfect attendance prize recipients at Weeks Street school 6th grade. All 37 pupils earned health certificates for five or more credits. Also notes the figure of 130000 hairs on an average head.
Bath area obituary notes the death of Mrs. 0. C. Rogers on May 30 after a long illness. Born 1869 in Canada, she lived 41 years in Bath before moving to California in 1910. Active in Central church, the DAR, Red Cross during WWI, and later in San Bernardino Congregational church. Survived by daughter Henrietta Cram and Owens Nicoll.
Relatives in Bath learn of Walter Smith’s sudden death in Beverly Massachusetts at his home on Thursday. He had battled a heart condition but was as well as usual recently. A Bath funeral attendance followed by a Portland Harbor Summer home history and his Boston and Maine Railroad paymaster career. survived by his wife five sons and many cousins. Funeral services were held in Beverly Sunday afternoon with Bath relatives present.
Ida Mae Waterman 49 wife of Fletcher A. Waterman of West Bath died at home Thursday after a long illness. Born in Roxbury Massachusetts she was daughter of Mr and Mrs George Durgin and married 29 years ago. She belonged to Methodist Episcopal church in Somerville and West Bath grange and Friendly Society. Surviving are her husband mother two daughters Mrs Dorothy Owens and Mrs Ethel Nicoll two sons Everett and Robert Waterman all of West Bath. She leaves a large circle of friends.
Mrs. William T. Crowley ne Allie Maud Castle died at her home 52 Union Street after a long Bath life. She moved from Connecticut fourteen years ago with her husband Charles Castle of New Mexico to live with the Crowleys. Survived by husband William T. Crowley a daughter Grace Crowley a brother Howard Castle and a son Howard Castle Jr. of the city. Thursday services planned.
Albert Reid resided about 20 years in the area. Survived by his widow five daughters including Mrs. George cer ved shipyards in that section Damariscotta Young of 13690 street Bath two sons Cecil of Boothbay Harbor and Albert Reid Jr of Damariscotta several grandchildren Funeral services were not interment was in the Guily lot in Boothbay Harbor.
Mrs. Mary Scales born January 29 in East Corinth daughter of Ivory and Tozier. She lived in Bath many years and visited Keene to see her daughter. Survived by Mrs. Barbara Bailey Bath, Mrs. Perrault Brockton Clifton Nickerson San Cal, brother William Tozier Bath, two nieces and ten great grandchildren.
Mrs. Harry Witham received word that her sister Mrs. Ralph Bates has died. Survived by her husband and three children, she spent her girlhood in Bs and will be remembered by friends as Catherine MacPhail.
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