Richmond High School Class Completes Graduation Rites
Nine seniors graduated from Richmond High School in a Wednesday evening ceremony held in the school auditorium. The program featured diplomas by Superintendent Cyrus Kendrick, DAR prizes to Billa Dore and Dana Ford, and a valedictory by Lois Webber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Esther Ring
Lois Webber
Mildred Morris
Billa Dore
Nellie Alexander
Shirley Brown
Mary Gilbert
Dexter Siegars
Melvin Chase
Prin. Everett Wright
Gordon Howe
George Volz
Esther King
Cyrus Kendrick
DAR
Dana Ford
James MacKillop
Anne Gilbert
Marguerite McGurty
Marguerite Seamans
Alexander Cairns, Llc
Cony High School
Augusta
America
Carl Routhier
Dorothea
Otis Gray
Charles Dore
Robert Wheeler
Albion Rayne
Elbridye Sma
Earle Lewis
Myron Douglas
Helen Grant
Alberta Little
John Sheets
Lewis Baker
Peggy
Richard Routhier
Blanche Graves
the Baptist Church
Miss Webber
Helen Herbert
Jack Chambers
Mary Sweatt
Philip Holman
Joyce Foster
Phyllis Stover
Charles Trott
Elaine Gasper
Sue Carol Stover
Jean Nichols
Barbara Heenie
Thomas Lucas
Jacqueline Metcalfe
Enterprise
Nichols Baby Linda Lee Nichols Dies at Richmond Home
Linda Lee Nichols six months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Nichols, died early Tuesday at the family home on South Pleasant Street Richmond. A three year old sister survives along with the parents. Born in Richmond the infant is survived by her parents and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Griffin
Raymond
Cobb Nursing Home
John O'Brien
Gerard
Boston
Pleasant Street
Catherine O'Brien
Mary Keenan
O Brien
Caroline Polley
Long Island
N. Y
Gardiner General Hospital
Hollis Easler
Roland Jacobs
Alfred Furlong
Wytopitlock
Jacobs
Bedford
Mass
Phyllis Choate
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Linda Lee
Donald Nichols
South Pleasant Street
Richmond
Suit for 5000 Damages Opens in Sagadahoc Court
Renaldo A. Colby sues Jesse Tarr in Sagadahoc Superior Court for 5000 damages alleging Tarr cut down more than 100 trees at the Richmond Camp Ground, including 76 ornamental shade trees. Colby testified Miss Blanche Stevens introduced Tarr as her foreman and that no permission was granted to cut trees. The case opened with a drawn jury requested by plaintiff’s counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renaldo A. Colby
Gardiner
Jesse Tarr
Richmond
Sagadahoc Superior Court
New Traverse
Ernest McLean
George Hunt
Augusta
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
McLean
Mr. McLean
Mr. Bridgham
Hunt
Tarr
Richmond Camp Ground
Colby
Church School Opens at Winter Street
The Daily Vacation Church School opened at the Winter Street church Monday with Rev. Joseph O Purdue as principal. Sixty four attendees joined sessions through Friday June 25. Teachers include Alice Lorraine Purdue Linna Marie Purdue Gerda Langbehn and others with handwork led by Mrs Parfitt and Mr Smith.
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Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Alice Lorraine Purdue
Chloe Deraps
Peggy O'Riley
Dorothy Wilson
Linna Marie Purdue
Martha Pratt
Louise Ryan
Gerda Langbehn
Peter Parfitt
Joseph O Purdue
Clifford B. Smith
John F. Cooke
William Osborn
San Diego Appoints First Navy Commandant in 1847
Capt. Jacob Zedlin became the first military commandant appointed by the Navy Department at San Diego California in 1847. Mr and Mrs James A Broom returned home at 817 Middle Street after a week in Boston and suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
San Diego
Calif
Jacob Zedlin
Marine Corps
James A. Broom
Middle Street
Boston
Suburbs
Mar riage of Josephine Wilson and Lieut. Shain noted
Friends report the wedding of Josephine Hooper Wilson to Lieut. Charles Edward Shain A A F on May thirty first nineteen forty three in Salt Lake City Utah. The couple plans to visit Georgetown later this season amid town graduation and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Craig Rand
Josephine Hooper Wilson
Charles Edward Shain
Salt Lake City
Utah
Joan Hagan
Arthur Laskey
Faylene Rowe
Adaline Hefron
Edward Heffron
Robert E. Gordon
Christine E. Williams
Reginald Dunkling
George Powers
Laura Harding
Sagadahoc Bay
Minnie Gray
Center School
Working League
Ralph Davis
Dora Higgins
Machias
Paul Akeley
Iron Works
Christ Episcopal Church
Gardiner
Tom Akeley
Akeley
Campbell
Robinhood
First Baptist Church
Carroll Powers
Maude Thayer
Paul Wren
Medford
Mass
Kennebec Point
Wren
Stephen Chernowitz
New York City
Danny Levine
West Georgetown
Whitefield
Walter Powers
A. S. Cunningham
Marjorie McNinch
Harold Hunt
Powers
Bridgton
Paul Stinson
Bath
Adams
John Williams
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Fla
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Kinney
Robinhood Church
Richard Hohenberg
Zorach Place
Charles Farrow
Lauretta M. Jones
Dorothy Stuart
Sealand Porpoise Club
MacMahan Island
Lillian Morse
George E. Jordan
Robert Haynes
Waltham
Louise Searles
Pennsylvania
MacMahan
Rey J. Campbell
Salem College
Winston-Salem
N.C
Clarence Hill
Cambridge
Roland Peterson
Louise
Adeline Ellingwood
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Charles Colby
Clarence Colby
Topsham
Joseph Higgins
Florence Wood
Howard Trafton
W. A. Todd
Laughlin
Newcastle
War Bond Baseball Game At Griffith Stadium Draws Huge Crowd
Shirley Povich helped stage a Washington Post War Bond fundraiser at Griffith Stadium on May 24 featuring the Norfolk sailors vs. the Washington Club. The event sold bonds worth 2 125 775 dollars and drew 29 221 buyers in a 30 000 capacity venue with pregame acts by the Navy Band Kate Smith Babe Ruth Al Sehacht and Arch McDonald with a cameo by Sir Archibald Wavell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Povich
Bath
Washington Post
The
Post
Griffith Stadium
Norfolk
Washington
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Navy
Povich
Norfolk Sailors
Washington Club
Jones
Clarence Nixon
Nixon
Nixon Weer
Treasury Department
Navy Band
Filip
Sir Archibald Wavell
Morse Juniors Buy Jeep for the Army
Morse High School’s junior class presented a Jeep to the army after becoming the first class to reach 100 percent in four weeks of bond and stamp purchases. The drive, sponsored by the student council, included bids from Mrs. R Hazel Cook and Nathan Watson, with several seniors driving in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Army
R. Hazel Cook
Marguerite Rines
Barbara, King Robert Dolan
Glenda Howard
Kendall Chapman
Lorraine iRyan
Five Islands Class of 1943 Graduation Held
Graduation exercises for the Five Islands class of 1943 were held at Library hall with a program including prayers, readings, essays, poems and music. Numerous locals and families attended. post ceremony, the primary school closed for summer and a beach picnic followed. Local residents, visitors, and relatives were noted in attendance and ongoing summer activities were reported.
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George Gray
Gloria Landry
Five Islands
Theodore Campbell
Cleon Pinkham
Jeanette Pinkham
Marie Stevens
Marilyn Landry
Richard Campbell
Betty Rittall
Narvie Stevens
Red Rose Troop Court of Awards At South End
The Red Rose Troop Girl Scouts held its final Court of Awards Tuesday last week at South End P T A hall. Parents and guests attended as council members and the former leader were honored. awards included First and Second class, Dramatics, Home Nursing, First Aid, Cooking, Photography, Clothing, Housekeeping, Needlecraft, Weaving, Winter Sports, and more with multiple named recipients. Gifts were presented to several adults, and refreshments followed served by troop members.
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Red Rose
South End
P.T.A. Hall
Alfred Carpenter
Wilmer Voorhees
Frederick Burditt
Selma Cummings
State of Maine
Annette Godfrey
Scout Council
Carpenter
Bath
Joseph I. Smith
Arthur Bowker
Francis Corrigan
James Nostall
Cynthia Moses
Gloria Rogers
Betty Noftall
Patricia Lucero
Ethel Rogers
Josephine Williams
Alice Deehan
Helen Witham
Marjorie Cummings
Troop Dramatics
Katherine MacDonald
Jeannette King
Melvina King
Marilyn Towne
Lillian Witham
Ruth Coombs
Betty Neftail
Gloria Brown
Carolyn Burditt
Iris Armstrong
Muriel Moore
Barbara Madden
Harriett Todd
Katharine MacDonald
Carol Burditt
Betty Nostall
Housekeeping
Joseph
Smith
James Noftall
Wesley Women Meet for Red Cross Work
Mrs. Willard McLean hosted the Wesley church Women Society of Christian Service for an all day Red Cross sewing session. Attendees sewed, shared a noon box lunch, and planned to meet again Friday with continued sewing and more volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard McLean
Granite Street
Womans Society of Christian Service
Wesley Church
MclLean
Red Cross
John Sampson
Soussa Dearborn
Ellery Whittemore
Bessie Dickinson
Elnora Oliver
Andrew Butterfield
Robert Gordon
William Coombs
Anna Nestor
Sheridan Lovejoy Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot in New Portland
Sheridan Lovejoy aged 68 killed himself at his brother Herbert Lovejoy’s home in New Portland. He reportedly tied a string to a trigger and placed the gun under his chin. Dr W S Stinchfield, medical examiner, and Deputy Sheriff Sterry of Anson led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Lovejoy
Herbert Lovejoy
New Portland
Lovejoy
W. S. Stinchfield
Sterry
Anson
Navy recruit training and mentions of service members
Stanley L. Jack 20 of Woolwich has begun recruit training at the U S Naval Training Station Great Lakes IL. Laurence Boardman of Bath transfers to England while awaiting overseas service. WAVES recruit Jean Danforth heads to Hunter’s College NYC for active service. Corporal Walter E Oliver promoted at Newport AR. Stewart Day returns from furlough to Nebraska. Francis Lebel at Camp Lee VA reports hot weather. Mary E Douglas commissioned WAAC Third Officer at Fort Des Moines IA. Pauline Morse leaves Bath for WAAC induction and training duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley L. Jack
Mary M., Jack
Days Ferry
Woolwich
U. S. Navy
U.S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Navy
Jean Danforth
Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Portland
Hunter's College
New York City
Edward Sewall Son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall Pied
Edward Sewall, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall, Piedmont, is noted in a local birth or family notice. The brief item identifies the family and place, signaling a genealogical or social record with limited details.
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Edward Sewall
Mrs
Bath man joins Army Air Forces radio training at Scott Field
Street, Bath, has arrived at Scott Field Illinois for an intensive course in radio operating and mechanics to prepare him for duty in a bomber crew. Pfc Sewall will be tested for aptitude and after graduation will qualify as a radio operator or technician for the Army Air Forces. Scott Field near Belleville is a major Technical Training Command site. Sst. Sgt. Maurice E Lizotte, injured in training maneuvers near Bath, is hospitalized at Ft Williams Portland and reports a favorable recovery. Pvt Reubin L Gowen Jr of Bath has returned from a 15 day furlough and is in charge of the Bath Iron Works shipyard tool crib after basic training at Chanute Field. Aviation Cadet Francis S Perry of Williams College has returned from leave while finishing pre flight studies, with Cadet Leon Pennell also graduating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Berry
Bath
Beulah Miller
Lava Gray
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Milburn Stevens
Sumner Mains
Maine Road
Five Islands
Everett Cromwell
Orville Rowe
Boston
Rowe
Luke Roy
Miriam Elizabeth
Roy
Wallace Pierce
Marion Stevens
Portland
Joseph G. Stevens
Maine General Hospital
Ernest Strout
Livermore
Rose Wilkins
Rose Wilkins Was A Dinner Guest of Mrs. Stevens On That Day. Miss Narvie Stevens
Addie Moulton
Georgetown
Davis
Bangor
Mroo
James Harding
West Boothbay Harbor
Aubrey Steen
Harold Dunton
U.S. A
Providence
R. J
Dunton
Ransom Sawyer
Linwood Boardman
Floral Street
Laurence
England
Miami Beach
Fla
Illinois
Houston
Mary
Morse High
Air Transport Command
Walter Earl Oliver
Earl Oliver
Milan Street
Army Air Forces
Newport
Arkansas
Corporal Oliver
Military Police and Guard Squadron
Newport Field
Army Air Forces Training Center
Scott Field
Belleville, Ill
Looking Glass
Charles Dickens
Maurice E. Lizotte
Ft. Williams
Reubin L. Gowen, Jr
Ephreta
Wash
Francis S. Perry
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
William J. Perry
Crescent Street
Perry
Leon Pennell
Jury Awards Colby Damages in Taxi Crash Case
The Bath Body Works proprietor Arthur L. Berry testified that repairs for the Smith taxi totaled 344.90 to restore the car to its pre accident condition. He estimated the taxi was worth 1000 before the crash and 250 after. The case was sent to the jury after closing arguments in the afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Berry
Bath Body Works
Smith Taxi
Case
Obituary and police notes from Bowdoinham and Swampscott
Obituary for U Grant Hulse of Bowdoinham born December 8 1866 details his wife Clara Minott and 50th anniversary. notes his roles as selectman and road commissioner and a K of P member with survivors in Bowdoinham. Also reports State Police Chief Henry P Weaver ordered to Fort Custer training. and boys Robert Woodman 12 and William Woodman 10 found after Swampscott disappearance. Saco policeman Gordon Haley reports on fishing and custody plan for the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. Grant Hulse
Francis Hatch
Malcolm Hatch
Abbie Hulse
Bowdeinham
Henry P. Weaver
Provost Marshal General's School
Fort Custer
Michigan
U.S
Weaver
Army
Robert Woodman
William
Swampscott
Mass
Gordon Haley
Saco
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Aiyan
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M Wattley Lelie
Ida MacGillivary
Kipling
John MacGillivary
Victory
Mary Louise Pinkham
Carl Roy
Jacqueline Sawyer
Heritage Irving Hanna
Georgetown Grammar School
Carrie Stevens
Thelma McGrath
Andrew Rowe
RED Rose Troop Court OF Awards
Wesley
Stewart H. Day, Jr
Army Air Corp
Nebraska
Francis Day
Peter Lebel
Russell Street
Pvt
Francis Lebel
Camp Lee, Va
Young Lebel
Mary E. Douglas
Small Point
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
WAAC
Pauline Morse
Washington Street
Forest AL
Bath Tron Works
U. Grant
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St