Richmond High School Class of 1949 Graduation
Commencement exercises for the Richmond High School class of 1949 were held at Odd Fellows hall with garnet robes and a class motto. Diplomas were presented by Superintendent Russell Perry, followed by a reception in the school gym. Emerson School also held graduation, with 33 students and diplomas presented by Elliott Small. The year featured class colors green and white, and decorations of evergreens and lilacs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Odd Fellows Hall
Russell Perry
Elizabeth Raynes
Emerson School
Methodist
Elliott Small
Clarence Fickett
Emeline Hinkley
Ada Gilbert
Patricia McDermott
Jean Guiou
Personal items from Augusta graduation weekend
Miss Patricia Hayden of Augusta was an overnight guest of Miss Annette Harford Thursday as they attended the graduation. Miss Helen Friend entertained Miss Martha Ballard of Pittsfield for several days last week. Mrs. Lawrence Bond and Mrs. Pauline Hutchinson attended the State Health Council hand dinner in Sydney Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Hayden
Augusta
Annette Harford
Helen Friend
Martha Ballard
Pittsfield
Lawrence Bond
Pauline Hutchinson
State Health Council
Sydney
Local Social Notes From Maine Towns
Mrs Ernest Hewett of Winthrop attended funeral services for Mrs Beverley Scott. Mr and Mrs Winifred Nash of Gardiner and Mrs Bert Hassen of West Dresden visited Mrs Annie Johnson. Mrs William Towle and children of Auburn spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Mealey. Miss Rosabelle Payne visited Gardiner Sunday. Recent guests of Harland Harrington were his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Harrington of Dexter, Mrs Leone Grindle and Mrs Marcia Johnson of Monmouth, Mrs Lu vie Jellison and Miss Marguerite Jellison of Surry. Mrs Walter Barnes, guest of Earl Perry, returned to Brooklyn NY. Mr and Mrs William Whitney at camp at Sarem for a few days. Mrs Annie Johnson and Miss Lillian Johnson visited Mrs Et ta Fossett of Gardiner Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hewett
Winthrop
Beverley Scott
Winifred Nash
Gardiner
Bert Hassen
West Dresden
Annie Johnson
William Towle
Auburn
John Mealey
Rosabelle Payne
Harland Harrington
Ernest Harrington
Dexter
Leone Grindle
Marcia Johnson
Monmouth
Luvie Jellison
Marguerite Jellison
Surry
Walter Barnes
Bea
Earl Perry
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Whitney
Sa Tem
Lillian Johnson
Etta Fossett
Five Islands Couple Celebrates 56th Wedding Anniversary
Capt and Mrs William F Plummer marked 56 years of marriage with a quiet open house at their Five Islands home on June 7. Sixty years together include 43 in Bath, with sons Leland Bernard Frank William F Jr and daughter Helen Huskins among five children and eleven grandchildren plus four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Plummer
Five Islands
Bath
Winship Street
Capt
Mrs. Plummer
Georgetown
Leland
Bernard
Frank
William F
Suburb Civic Club Sponsors Lobster Salad Supper
The Suburb Civic club met at Winneganee community house with 21 members. New member Mrs Harold Rogers welcomed. They voted to donate to the Jimmy fund and plan a lobster salad supper on June 17 with 5 6 and 7 pm servings. Tickets sold by members. Children priced special. Swap party after business. Refreshments by committee led by Mrs Elmer Morse. Next meeting June 23 with committee chaired by Mrs Arthur MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Small
Donald Williams
Harold Mott
Arthur MacDonald
Donald Wilson
Dorothy Rogers
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Bathman Injured In Lisbon Center Auto Crash
Robert Levin of 10 North Street was bruised on the right knee when his car left Route 196 Tuesday at 5:15 pm in Lisbon Center. His vehicle ran onto a sidewalk, struck a telephone pole and clipped a car driven by Mrs. Cecile Y. Gamache of Lisbon Center, causing damage to both autos. Deputy Sheriff Simoneau attributed the crash to Levin trying to avoid a head on collision with Gamache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Levin
North Street
Route 196
Lisbon Center
Simoneau
Cecile Y. Gamache
Levin
Personal Notes From Bath And Bowdoin Graduation
Mr and Mrs Donald Page move into their cottage at Popham for the summer. Mrs Walter E Edge of Princeton N J arrives in Bath and goes to her newly purchased Small Point cottage known as the old Gun club accompanied by her niece Anne Williams. Donald O Farrell 18 year old son of Mrs Della O Farrell enlists in the Navy for one year and leaves for Great Lakes Naval Station. Joseph Swanton pre medical student son of Mr and Mrs Carl B Swanton will receive a Bachelor of Science degree from Bowdoin at graduation exercises Saturday. The Swanton family will attend commencement week festivities beginning today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Page
Washington Street
Popham
Walter E. Edge
Princeton
N. J
Bath
Small Point
Old “Gun Club
Great Lakes Naval Station
Morse High
Joseph Swanton
Carl B. Swanton
Front Street
Bowdoin
Swanton
Everett
Donald Stevens
Roy Clark
Bath Canning Co
Georgetown Fire Department
Campbell Memorial Square
Jeanette Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Vernal Chaney
Linda
Susan
Eliot
Mr. Chaney
Portsmouth Navyard
Jacob Kunz
Morse High School
Reginald Pinkham
Ernest Quimby
Bath High School
J. G. Stevens
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Everett Hennan
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Warner Eustis
Eustis
Wales
Malden Island
Luke Roy
North Conway
N. H
Comeau Cottage
Estelle Comeau
Bernard
Comeau
F. W. Hagan
Harry Peterson
Everett Quinlan
Quinlan
East Brunswick
Charles Cummings
Blanche Smalley
Ruth
Auburn
A. G. Pierce
Pierce
Thomas Watson
Georgetown
John Norton
Harriet Nicholl
Quincy
Mass
Harry Coyle
Georgetown Center School Graduation Program and Local News
Georgetown center school held a June 10 ceremony with a full program including processional, invocations, diploma conferral by Superintendent Gilman, and remarks by Associate Deputy Bowen. Local notes cover fishing, weather, garden pests, club meetings, and residents visiting, with confirmations and births noted.
Powers Household Hosts Sunday Visitors at Robinhood
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Powers at Robinhood included Mrs. Edith Powers and brother Elbridge Powers of Bath. Other Bath residents, Emerson Glidden and his uncle Clement McMahan, stopped by. Ralph Reynolds and his daughter Maureen from Woolwich also called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Powers
Robinhood
Edith Powers
Elbridge
Bath
Emerson Glidden
Clement McMahan
Georgetown Area Social Routine and Event Notes
Local residents are noted returning home from travels and schools, with several attending gatherings and ceremonies. The piece lists movements including Maude Thayer, Mae Hagan, Robert Graffam, and the Gilmore family among others, plus dog show successes for Peter Van Elmhurst at Dedham and Framingham. It also mentions graduations at Morse High School and summer visits by Levine family from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Maude P. Thayer
West Georgetown
South West Harbor
Mae Hagan
North Edgecomb
Robert Graffam
Marrtown
Herman A. Spinney
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Oak Cemetery
Gilmore
Iowa City
Kennebec Point
James Bedford
Harry Bedford
Whitinsville
Mass
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Shadow Rock
Dedham
Dedham Country Club
Peter van Elmhurst
Keeshond
Gladys Weeman
Clement McMahan
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Vincent
Maureen Davis
Yarmouth Academy
Maine to develop Reid State Park in Georgetown
Maine State Park Commission will begin Reid State Park development in Georgetown after August 7 when funds become available. Bids for preliminary work are planned around July 15. The 300 acre site with two beaches was gifted by Walter E. Reid to memorialize his parents. A new bridge to Arrowsic Island and road surveys are planned to handle anticipated visitor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Park Commission
Reid State Park
Georgetown
94Th
State of
Maine
Walter E. Reid
Reid
Woolwich
Arrowsic Island
Arrowsic
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Five Islands
Seguinland
Veterans urged to join new American Legion post
World War I and II veterans in Woolwich Montsweag Arrowsic Georgetown and Five Islands are invited to join the organizing committee to form a new American Legion post. With over 60 Woolwich veterans, organizers say an active post can be formed. Committee members Leon B Pennell Alvin Presle William Phillips Col Hubert Wildred can provide information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Montsweag
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Five Islands
American Legion Post
Leon B. Pennell
Alvin Presle
William Phillips
Hubert Wildred
Attends Fiftieth Reunion at M. Lt Emeritus Riverside Leader
Emeritus of Riverside Church New York City was guest speaker at the fiftieth reunion. Mr Newell sits on Colby board of trustees. Mrs Ida Zuck and Mr and Mrs D L Roger with family from Adel Iowa arrived in Bath Sunday for a short visit with Dr and Mrs R H Johnson at 926 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Church
New York City
Newell
Colby
Ida Zuck
D. L. Roger
Adel
Iowa
Bath
R. H. Johnson
Washington Street
Five Islands town school closes for year with commencement
The Five Islands school ends the year Friday as commencement exercises draw attendees from the area. Community notes highlight fish catches near Bath, a memorial service in Georgetown, a library fundraiser, staff changes, and residents preparing for summer at various cottages and camps along the coast. Residents travel to Eastport, Worcester, and Eliot for events, while local families plan vacations and residence changes.
Obituary of Leon M Belanger 68 Bath native bakery owner
Leon M Belanger born Bath March 11 1881 died Monday after long illness in Brunswick hospital. Survived by widow Erelda Menard two sons Joseph Bath and Leon Jr West Bath six daughters Brunswick residents eleven grandchildren brother John Bath two sisters Maude and Delia Belanger. Calling at Gamage funeral home Brunswick. Funeral Thursday at St John’s Brunswick. Burial Sacred Heart cemetery Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon M. Belanger
Brunswick Hospital
Bath
George
Jacqueline Belanger
Brunswick
St. John’s Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Death of William B Reed Portlands South Portland retiree
William B Reed aged a longtime railroad man of 627 Main street South Portland died Saturday. He previously lived on Court street. Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. from Hay and Peabody's Funeral Home in Portland with interment at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Reed
Main Street
South Portland
Reed
Court Street
Hay & Peabody
Portland
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Auburn
Bartholomew J. Conley Funeral at St Marys
Funeral services for Bartholomew J. Conley were held at St Marys church with Rev Timothy C Maney officiating. Bearers were James H Barrett Ellery Doyle Henry Biggins George Comeau Percy Scott and Joseph Clancy. Burial followed at the family lot in Calvary cemetery. committal was conducted at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew J. Conley
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
James H. Barrett
Ellery Doyle
Henry Biggins
George Comeau
Percy Scott
Joseph Clancy
Calvary Cemetery
Father Maney
Spinney Funeral Held for Herman A Spinney
Funeral services for Herman A Spinney were held Monday afternoon from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Bearers were Maurice Burns Frederick Moffitt John P Carey and Charles Kiesling. Burial was in Oak Cemetery Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Spinney
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Maurice Burns
Frederick Moffitt
John P. Carey
Charles Kiesling
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Funeral services for Mrs Olive Varney held
Funeral services were held Saturday from A. F. Mayo and Son for Mrs Olive Varney with Rev Arvid L Anderson officiating. Bearers were Ervin Shaughnessey George Fowler Olin Pankhurst and William York. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Varney
A. F. Mayo and Son Funeral Home
Arvid L. Anderson
Ervin Shaughnessey
George Fowler
Olin Pankhurst
William York
Oak Grove
Funeral services for George W. Sherburne
George W. Sherburne, 80, died Sunday at Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at 8:30 AM from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Mr. Overman officiating. Body taken to Dover, New Hampshire for burial in Lee Hill cemetery at Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sherburne
Memorial Hospital
Curtis Funeral Home
Mr. Overman
Dover
N. H
Lee Hill Cemetery
Lee, N. H
Local family returns from Lakeside trip
Mrs Reginald Soucie and daughter Carlonne of 16 Milan Street returned Friday from a week at St Georges Lake at Liberty. Mr Raymond Smith and Mrs Smith of 1218 High Street, Mrs Soucie’s parents, are at their camp at the lake for the.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Soucie
Carlonne
Milan Street
St. Georges Lake
Liberty
Raymond Smith
High Street
Soucie
the Lake
Maine Lobster King's Death Ends Long Bay Point Career
Herman A. Spinney 68 of Bay Point Georgetown died Thursday night at Bath Memorial Hospital after six weeks as a patient. Born March 18, 1881, he earned the title Maine's Lobster King for decades as a fisherman and dealer in clams and lobsters, opening a Bay Point store in 1923. He served in the Coast Guard and as a Kennebec river pilot. He married Lila Campbell in 1906 and leaves a widow, two nephews Fred Spinney and Ralph Spinney, four nieces, and other relatives. Funeral services were held Monday at Curtis Funeral Home Bath with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. burial in Georgetown Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Spinney
Bay Point
Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Spinney
Maine
Elijah
Elizabeth Tarr Spinney
Lila Campbell
Fred Spinney
Popham
Ralph Spinney
Revere
Mass
Ethelyn Downing
Doris Spinney
Ernestine Carty
Bath
Ollie Pushard
Augusta
Baptist Church
Coast Guard Service
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Oak
Winfred M Hagan Dies After Long Illness at 83
Winfred Miles Hagan, 83, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Potter on Oak Street after a long illness. Born in Bath on April 5, 1867, he was a longtime grocer and a life member of Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar and Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias, with membership in the Order of Eastern Star. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Curtis Funeral Home, with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Miles Hagan
William Potter
Oak Street
Bath
Thomas E
Mary Snipe Hagan
Mr. Hagan
Dunlap
Knights Templar
Acadia Lodge
Bartholomew J. Conley Dies After Week-Long Hospital Stay
Bartholomew J. Conley died at Memorial hospital Sunday evening after a week as a patient. He was born February 24, 1869, son of the late Martin and Julia Rich Conley of Bath, a master mechanic who began at Bath Iron Works. He worked as a foundry foreman in Fall River and East Braintree, then in New York City, and later joined Watson company before long serving 50 years with Hyde Windlass Co. He leaves one brother, three sisters, and ten nieces. Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Marys Church, burial in Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew J. Conley
Memorial Hospital
Martin
Julia Rich Conley
Bath
Conley
Old Bath Iron Works
Fall River
East Braintree
Mass
New York City
Watson Company
Hyde Windlass Co
John F. Conley
Western Avenue
Anne Conley
Julia Conley
Addison Jones
Freemont Street
St. Mary's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Two Students Die In Rensselaer Auto Crash
Robert T. Davis 26 and his mother Linda Davis 59 of Buffalo N Y were killed in a crash at Rensselaer N Y Friday. Davis a Boston University senior and SAE fraternity member was driving home from graduation with his father Thomas R Davis 74 in critical condition at Memorial hospital Albany. Davis was a war veteran and top student in business administration serving as senior class president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Davis
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston University
Linda Davis
Rensselaer
C. Bruce Wright
Bath
Davis
Bruce Wright
Elbridge R. Wright
Marshall Avenue
Thomas R. Davis
Memorial Hospital
Albany
Boston
College of Business Administration
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Mrs Freda W Holding dies in Portland at 57
Mrs Freda Wallace Holding aged 57 died June 8 at her daughter Phyllis Daniels home in Portland after long illness. Born May 29 1892 in Small Point she lived in Portland since marriage. Survived by husband Henry five sons Thomas George Henry Jr Wallace daughter Phyllis Daniels three sisters Effie Celenna Woodbury Lettie Lord and brother Frank Wallace. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Hay and Peabody Portland with burial in Portland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Wallace Holding
Portland
Phyllis Daniels
Laurel Street
Effie Woodbury
Celenna Woodbury
Skowhegan
Lettie Lord
Frank Wallace
Providence
R. I
Hay & Peabody Funeral Home
Mary A Spinney Services Held in Boston for Bath Native
Mary A Spinney died June 7 at Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. Services were held in Boston at 4 p.m. Thursday with burial in Oak Grove Bath. A former Bath resident she lived in Boston many years and was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist. She retired in 1945 after 38 years with the Christian Science Publishing Society. Survived by two nieces and two nephews Mrs Charles MacKay Fort Wayne Indiana Mrs Allan Spear Bowen and J Haviland Torrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterman Chapel
Boston
Mary A. Spinney
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Oak Grove
Bath
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Publishing Society
Mrs Jessie Davis Dead in Jericho Vermont
Mrs. Jessie Davis died Thursday noon at her daughter Mrs William Badore's home in Jericho Vermont. She is the grandmother of Ceylon Badore and great grandmother of Elmer Brittell and Ceylon Jr Edward Badore, Mrs Frederick Miller and Mrs Scotchy Doyle of local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Davis
William Badore
Jericho
Davis
Ceylon Badore
Bedford Street
Elmer Brittell
Tower Circle
Ceylon, Jr
Edward Badore
Frederick Miller
Russell Street
Scotchy Doyle
Middle Street
Bangor and Portland visitors call on Wallace couple
Mrs Maurice Files of Bangor and Mr and Mrs John Laxorgan of Portland along with Mrs John Cunningham of Bowdoinham visited Mr and Mrs William F Wallace at 841 High Street over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Files
Bangor
John Laxorgan
Portland
John Cunningham
Bowdoinham
William F. Wallace
High Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Church
D.A.R
Charles Locke
Cape Elizabeth
Richmond Lodge
1.C.C.F
Kennebec Valley
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Vanessa Beedle
Dorothy Jones
Fern Perry
Mildred Gilpatrick
Annie Hamlin
Esther Foss
Evelyn Hinkley
Department of Maine
D. of U. V
C. W
Beedle
Gilpatrick
Robert Wheeler
Wheeler
Ideal Home Corner Club
Viola Douglass
Esther Dickey
Charles Dore
Theresa Barnes
Dorothy Dowd
Paul Roberts
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Auxiliary
Kennebec County Council
Howard Dickey
Legion
Bertha Curtis
Grace Dickinson
Harry G. Decker
Oakland
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
Earl Whitney
River Road
Progressive Grange
Dirigo Grange
James Royal
American Legion
Robert Silver
Rodney Little
Douglass Delano
Ronald Weeks
Philip Holman
Charles Guiou
Olin McKinnon
Gilman Hinkley
Richard Houdlette
Martin Mitchell
Don Bacon
Douglass Marriner
Worster House
Hallowell
Bathman
Georgetown Center School
Cleves Henderson
Margaret Sangster
Brian W. Davis
America
Daniel J. MacGilivary
Eleanor M. Mains
Stanwood C. Gilman
Howard L. Bowen
America the Beautiful
Celeste Wallace
Brian Davis
P.T.A
Eleanor Mains
Daniel MacGillivary
Bowen
Working League
Joseph Higgins
Dorothy Stuart
J. R. Blackie
Billa Tarr
Edwin Hussa
MacMahan
Blackie
Earle Hagan
Faylene Rowe
William Strang
Peterson
Louise Peterson
Oak Grove School
Hugh Rockwell
Thomaston
Conn
Clarina Michelson
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph F. Higgins
Edwin F. Hussa
William Todd
Roy M. Newman
Jayson Schoener
Heal Place
Virgil Stevens
Hyde
Doris Reynolds
Frederick Woodruff
Daniel Blake
Dorchester
Stanley Lewis
Harold J. Brown Jr
MacMahon
Lee Boys
Bowdoin Gregson
John K. Lee
MacMahan Cottage
Dick Bowman
Ralph Reynolds
Maureen
Reid Park
Sasanoa River
Veterans Attention
M.lt
Mr. and
Mrs
John Cunning
Ham
Clifton Little
Mary Clarke
East Rochester
Marion L. Stevens
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Exeter
B. J. Conley
H. A. Spinney
G. W. Sherburne Funeral
Alexander
Marius H. Page
Winfred M. Hagan
Freda W. Holding
Fred S. Curtis & CO
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