Richmond High School Graduation Held at Methodist Church
Richmond High School held graduation events in the Methodist church with 14 seniors receiving diplomas before 350 relatives. Awards were given to top students including Betty Jean Noble and Doris Pullen, while Edward Crosby and Dorothy McMaster led a junior and senior honor pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Methodist Church
Edward Crosby
David Hickland
Betty Jean Noble
Hilda Harford
Leignton E. Gardner, Jr
Ruby Fisher
Bertha Chase
Verona Pinkham
Doris Pullen
Dorothy McMaster
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Becker Business College
C. M. Kendrick
Reader's Digest Association
Kendrick
Beverly Maye Cadenelli
Bertha Irene Chase
Reginald O. Emmons, Jr
Ruby L. Fisher
Leighton’ E. Gardiner
Harry Hanson
Martha Horton
Aurice Reynolds
Joe Avery
Orchestra of
Bath
Prisoner-of-war to freedom noted for Sgt. Dunn
Personal items report Sgt. Harold P. Dunn missing in France since January 20 has been liberated from a German camp and returned to military control on May 15 according to information received by his mother Mrs. John A. Dunn from the War Department. Dunn served in the medical corps with the 79th Division and entered service in March 1941 training at Fort Wright New York. He had been overseas since August 9 1942, with postings in Iceland and England before going to France on D-day.
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James H. Fields
C.W.T
U.S.N
Boston
Casco Bay
Portland
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
N. H
Grand Trunk Pier
France
England
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Italy
Scotland
U.S.S. Prince
Barbara Bond
University of Maine
Lawrence Bond
South Front Street
George Nichols
Annapolis
Mildred Morris
Gordon Theological College
Mayford Morris
Gordon Howe
Walter Foster
Gardiner General Hospital
Ida Hosmer
Dresden
Gardiner
Carrie Hall
St. Albans
Earl Weeks
Harold P. Dunn
John A. Dunn
War Department
Dunn
Medical Corps
79Th Division
Fort Wright
N. Y
Iceland
Roland Hinxman
Somerville
Mass
Harry Douglass
Church Street
Claude E. Wing
Robert C. Wing
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath
Giles Manwaring
Westbrook
Inez Douglass
Walter Anderson
Camp Lee
Pvt. Anderson
Bath Woman Department President Elected in Veterans Auxiliary
Mrs Bertha A Whittam of Bath was elected Department President of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary at the 22nd convention in Lewiston. The Bath group also named officers from Bath and nearby towns including Anna Swain and Beatrice Burns, with Maude Libby and Annie Davis among senior officers.
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Bertha A. Whittam
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Council of Administration
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Lewiston
Whittam
Melvin Whittam
Camp No. 12
Bath
Anna Swain
Beatrice Burns
North Bath
Lillian Adams
Myrtle Wilson
Charlotte Barker
Coral Burns
Genevine Goodwin
Biddeford
Viola Smith
Brunswick
Margaret Barry
Portland
Maude P. Libby
Cumberland Mills
Department
Annie Davis
Ruth Dodge
Bowdoinham
Martin Brogan
Genieve Grindall
Joseph Anthoine
Blanche Smith
Yarmouth
Edwina Easton
Teresa Buckley
Corey E. Keene
Durham
Catherine Davis
South Portland
McNary Anniversary Celebrated by Sabine Friends
Mr and Mrs John McNary of Sabine marked their 51st wedding anniversary with a Tuesday and Wednesday visit from friends. The gathering included group singing by Mrs Loring D Small and Mrs Edwin Haggott at the piano, readings by Mrs Arthur Packard, and a purse gift.
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John McNary
Sabine
Loring D. Small
Edwin Haggett
Arthur Packard
McNary
Everett Lemont
Walter Hill
Minnie Eldredge
Charles Bates
Oscar Knight
Humphrey Owen
Lee Peoples
Donald Freeman
Lloyd Hooker
Portland OBITUARY NOTE NAMES OF PASSERS
Among those who passed Tuesday in Portland were Miss Janet Goodwin Bath street and Mrs. Robert Colley and son Robert Jr Chestnut street.
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Portland
Janet Goodwin
Bath Street
Robert Colley
Robert Jr
Chestnut Street
Georgetown Schools Close as Parents Attend Primary Program
In Georgetown, Center Primary School ended year with readings and recitations by Sub Primary to Grade IV pupils. Honors went to Edward and Richard Heffron for perfect attendance and spelling stars included Elizabeth Pinkham and Alfred Rowe. Summer services at Robinhood church begin weekly. various local residents and guests were noted at summer homes and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Grammar
Enterprise Grange Hall
Patricia Hurley
George Umberhind
Robert Silver
Annette Harford
Mary Sweatt
Russell Ring
Rowena Small
Barbara Heenie
Anne Kimball
Charlotte Brown
Virginia Anderson
Elizabeth Harrington
Karlene Sherman
Shirley Moore
Georgetown
Center
Purple Cow
Walter Stevens
Big Black Bear
Robert Powers
Robin Redbreast
Louise Powers
Richard Heffron
John Williams
Evelyn Pinkham
Winifred Robshaw
Edward Heffron
Eleanor Mains
Elizabeth Pinkham
Ardeen Pinkham
Walter Cunningham
Alfred Rowe
Brian Davis
Edward
Howard Trafton
Robinhood
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Bath
First Baptist Church
J. Clifton Little
Harry Horne
Chester Horne
Douglass Tuck
Richard Hohenberg
New York City
Cy Beers
Defender
Mr. Gray
West Bath
Hartley Harley
Candy’s Harbor
Adeline Hinckley
James Oliver
Wallace Marston
Jack Harrison
Marston
Sadie Drake
Lexington
Mass
John Blackie
Brunswick
Evelyn Bold
Lawrence Perow
Benjamin Riggs
Portland
Sara Allen
East Orange
N. J
MacMahan
Raphael Higgins
Linda Gordon
Pvt
Herbert Hunt
Fort Ord
Calif
Pacific
Brother Arrives From Winston Salem For Pass
A brother arrived last week from Winston Salem North Carolina to pass through the city. The arrival is noted in local records with emphasis on his journey and travel details for identification.
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Brother
Winston Salem
N. C
Maine Senior Golf Association Tourney at Portland Country Club
The Maine Senior Golf Association announces its annual tournament at Portland Country Club on Friday June 15. Senior golfers from near and far will compete for the championship with classes AA A B and C. the event includes a social hour and prize awards after play. Greens fee is $2 and entries go to Luther Dana Westbrook Maine.
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Maine Senior Golf Association
Portland Country Club
Forrest C. Wyson
Augusti
Luther Dana
Westbrook
Maine
Greens
Stettinius
Truman
Stalin
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Harry Hopkins
Gromyko
Hopkins
Farewell Party for Mr and Mrs Miller Held at Washington Street
A farewell party for Mr and Mrs Ernest Miller who depart Wednesday for Skowhegan was hosted by Mr and Mrs F M Andrews on Washington Street Friday evening. Guests enjoyed table lamp gifts, cards and dancing with music by Mr and Mrs Roscoe Kelley and daughter Erma. Refreshments were served. attendees included Mr and Mrs Eugene Brown, Mr and Mrs Richard Trott, Linwood Kelley, John Rainey and several others from Woolwich Bowdoinham and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Miller
Skowhegan
F. M. Andrews
Washington Street
Miller
Roscoe Kelley
Erma
Eugene Brown
Richard Trott
Linwood Kelley
John Rainey
Kihel Lowry
Donald Libby
Evelyn Conley
Edith Carson
Ethel Burns
Woolwich
Everett Polard
Bowdoinham
Speedster Dall Fined for 85 MPH in Bath Court
Edward Dall local taxi driver pleaded guilty in Bath Municipal court to speeding and was fined 27 with 4.70 costs by Judge Gardner R. Deering. State Patrolman Powers said Dall was clocked at 85 mph after a chase from outside Wiscasset to Woolwieth near Carlton Bridge. Ann Tardiff daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Tardiff of Nichols Street has been admitted to the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland for a tonsilectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Dall
Bath
Gardner R. Deering
Frank W. Powers
Woolwich
Dall
Powers
Wiscasset
Woolwieth
Ann Tardiff
Joseph Tardill
Nichols Street
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Morse High baccalaureate sermon on quest for the kingdom
The Morse High School baccalaureate service at Winter Street church opened with organ music and class processional. Rev. Ashton A. Almond delivered a timely sermon urging graduates to pursue beauty knowledge intelligent action and comradeship with Jesus to seek the Kingdom of God.
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Morse High School
Winter Street
Meyerbeer
Ashton A. Almond
Elizabeth Williams
Juilliard School of Music
New York
My Lord
Dudley Buck
Knights of Old
Jesus
O'Bannon Heroic Stand Noted in Local Chronicle
Helena residents recount how the destroyer O'Bannon repelled a monstrous ship at point blank range. Commander Donald J. McDonald earned the Presidential Citation as the Navy’s most decorated war hero. Also noted are local residents William E. Phee and Earl O Connor.
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Helena
Held Island
Point Blank Range
Bath
O'Bannon
Donald J. McDonald
Navy
William E. Phee
Sie
USN
Spring Street
Calais
Earl O'Connor
CPHM
U.S.N
Berwick
Five Islands Good Neighbor club meets despite weather
The Good Neighbor club gathered for a meeting despite heavy rain. Hostesses were Mrs Kathleen Rittal and Mrs Philip Pinkham, with former member Mrs Richard Potter joining from Brookline Massachusetts. The day also featured a school picnic at Sedgemere beach and a late afternoon birthday party for Kenneth Pinkham.
Iwo Jima Picture Presented at Morse High School
The Times Company presents a colored reproduction of the Iwo Jima flag raising to Morse High School. A bronze statue is planned for the 7th War Loan Drive. Three Morse graduates Ralph MacDonald Richard Cummings and Raymond Corey gave their lives for the flag and country.
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Iwo Jima
Morse High School
The
Times Company
Associated Press
Donald Curran
the Times Co
Morse High
Ralph MacDonald
Richard Cummings
Raymond Corey
Mrs. Bowie Rites Held At Home Service
Funeral for Mrs. E. Bowie took place Friday at 2 PM at the Ray mond Court home with Rev. Ashton A. Almond officiating. Bearers were Harry A. Walters Malcolm Doble Arthur HL Price and Raymond Worthey. Burial followed in Norris Cemetery Duamari scotta family lot.
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E. Bowie
Raymond Court
Ashton A. Almond
Harry A. Walters
Malcolm Doble
Arthur HL. Price
Raymond Worthey
Norris Cemetery
Duamariscotta
Flag and Fathers Day Program at West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange held a combined Flag Day and Fathers Day program with about 59 members attending. Highlights included papers on the U S Flag and how to use it, an illustrated song Moonlight and Roses, and tableaux honoring the flag and Father’s Vacation. Recurring items featured songs, poems, and a closing thought by state deputy Cleveland Marriner.
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West
Betty Weeks
U. S
Joan Sylvester
Courtney Stover
Frank Donnell
Robert Farnham
Mary Deehan
Penny March
Gerald Weeks
Dream Daddy
David Henderson
Sylvester
Edgar Guest
Helen Roberts
Cleveland Marriner
Obituary of William T. Plummer, Bath descendant
Mrs. Frederick FE Drake mourns as her brother William T. Plummer dies. A longtime Bath visitor and grandson of Cyrus Plummer, he leaves wife Frances Adams Plummer and daughters Mrs. C. Reed of Villanova and Mrs. William Kiskadden of Beverly Hills. Survived by brother George C. Plummer of Montclair and sister Mrs. Fred E. Drake.
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Frederick FE. Drake
Philadelphia
William T. Plummer
Bath
Benjamin M. Plummer
Cyrus Plummer
Plummer
Frances Adams Plummer
Camden
C. Reed
Villanova
Penn
William Kiskadden
Beverly Hills
Cal
George C. Plummer
Montclair
N. J
Fred E. Drake
Ernest A Work Dies After Three Week Illness
Ernest A Work died at Memorial hospital Saturday after a three week illness. A Bath native 74 born to Albert and Helen Getchell Work, he lived on High street for years and had few distant relatives. A lifelong reader and Colonial Club member, he was respected and lived a quiet, personable life.
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Ernest A. Work
Memorial Hospital
South Carolina
High Street
Mr. Work
Bath
Albert
Helen Getchell Work
Colonial Club
Mrs H E Bowie Dies At Bath Home
Mrs H E Bowie died at her Bath home 2 Raymond Court Wednesday after a one day illness. Born in Damariscotta February 20 1867 she was the daughter of Daniel H and Elmira Goudy Northey. She lived in Bath many years and leaves husband H E Bowie and a daughter Miss Phyllis Bowie. Funeral was at the home Friday at two o clock conducted by Rev Ashton A Almiund.
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Bina Marr
Quincy
Mass
Ida Magro
Malden
Arletta Harford
Eddie Carr
U.S.N
California
Carr
Dexter
Theo Hornsinger
Natalie McNeil
George Worrey
Bath
H. E. Bowie
Raymond Court
Damariscotta
Daniel H
Elmira Goudy Northey
Phyllis Bowie
Ashton A. Almiund
Work Funeral Held At Curtis Home In Town
The funeral of Ernest A. Work was held Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Sidney E Dee officiating. Bearers were Alfred Parks Jr Nathan Watson Emery Freeman and Alec Burden. Burial followed in Oak Grove. Mrs Wallace Ham of High Street travels to Schenectady New York to spend two weeks with her parents there, leaving Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Work
Curtis Funeral Home
Sidney E. Dee
Alfred Parks, Jr
Nathan Watson
Emery Freeman
Alec Burden
Oak Grove
Wallace Ham
High Street
Schenectady
N. Y
Albert Drouin Dies in Portland While on Business
Albert Drouin an employee of the Times Company died Saturday in Portland while on business.
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Albert Drouin
The
Times Company
Portland
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Richmond
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
Alma King
Ida Gowen
Viola James
Venessa Beedle
Bangor
Elect Bath Woman Department
Veterans’ Auxiliary
Bertha Whittam
William A. Todd
Melrose Highlands
J. C. Bearce
Ken Cromwell
Alfred Proctor
George Powers
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Linwood Stevens
Bath Iron Works
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
Boyd
Sgt
Eugene Avery
USAAF
Boyds
Five Islands
Hilde Lass
Anthony Michaels
Knubble
Walter McElman
Seguinland
Barbara Stacey
Billa Tarr
Five Islands Grange Hall
Ralph Davis
Everett Stevens
Dana
Craney
Brown
Merrill Bowles
Sayde Campbell
Robins Hood
Roy Campbell
Caro
Mrs. Miller
Ashton A. Ailmand
Halsey
Douglas Dearborn
Small Point
Good Neighbor Club
Kathleen Rittal
Phillip Pinkham
Brookline, Mass
Richard Potter
Percy MacGillivary
Victor Pinkham
Edith McMahan
Harlan Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Arville Rowe
Addie Moulton
Lovica Moore
Potter
Lermond Davis
Sedgemere Beach
Smith
Claire MacGillivary
Kenneth Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Tommy
Susanne Stacey
Constance
Jerry Gray
Georgia Watson
Victor Herbert Pinkham
Lloyd G. Pinkham
Sandra Bowman
Ronald Sawyer
Ronald Pinkham
Blaine
Raymond Hanna
Janice Moore
Robert Moore
James Davis
Donald Pinkham
Freida
Herbert Hunt, Jr
Houghton College
Little
George Gray
Georgetown Grammar School
Miss Gray
Leroy Pinkham
James R. McMahan
Minuet
Arthur E. Tibbetts
Chester E. McMahan
Maureen Davis
Charles Hinckley
Clayton Stevens
Mary F. Hanna
A. Dennis Moore
Stanwood C. Gilman
Adaline Heffron
Richard Campbell
Cleon Pinkham
Mary Hanna
Dennis Moore
Chester McMahan
Walter Savage
Kittery
Feralyn Wynn
Leslie Powers
Herbert Moore
Herbert Moore, Jr
Belmont
Mae Johnson
Wualtham
Frank McMahan
Joseph Folsom
Augusta
Hiram Stevens
Ruth Belanger
Vernon Gray
Charlotte
Friend
Gray
Laura Harding
Orville Rowe
Traverse
Harold Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Mary Louise
Barbara Pinkham
George Worren
Anna
Harriet
Rock Crest
Marius H. Page
North Street
Kennebec Greenhouses
Morse
West Bath Grange
E. A. Work
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington St
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