Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Completes Week
Nearly 60 pupils enrolled with Mrs Myrtle Starr in charge of a nine am to noon session. A meeting will be held at Bon Goinham Friday evening with Merry Meeting Grange as host. Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary sets year committees including Child Welfare and Publicity with Mrs Audrey Dewitt as chair. Planning for Richmond School Survey proposes a new 12 room building at a site between Fred Small property and South Street near the Maine Central tracks.
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the Baptist Church
Myrtle Starr
Bon Oinham
Merry Meeting Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Minnie Batchelder
Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Audrey Dewitt
Bertha Curtis
Hazel Libby
Esther Foss
Marion
Audrey. Dewitt
Auxiliary
Emerson Lane Post
Kennebec County
Richmond
State Department
Fred Small
South Street
High Street
Maine Central Railroad
Notable school pageant and island visits described
Corsages and pupils dressed in best honor a flag salute. A coastal note recalls a boat trip by three Portland youths to a beach later shipwrecked at Sea Beach. Local residents and visitors from Bath Rye and Haverford join activities at Georgetown Center and nearby towns with trips to Boothbay Harbor and Colby College.
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Emoel
Clarence B. Hill
Boston
Tory
Rowe Hanna
Sylvia
Carrie Acobs
Tree
Portland
Georgetown Center
Sea Beach
Bark Cove
Eddie Cummings
Robinhood
William Browns
MacMahan
John K. Lee
Bath
Rye
N. Y
Louise Searle
Haverford
Edward C. Cleary
Henry Kelley
Andover
Mass
Westport
Harold J. Brown
Maine General Hospital
Buddy Brown
Nae Bowen
Georgetown
John D. Williams
Tony Jordan
Wiscasset
Everett Haines
Peterson
Yvonne Dunton
Newport
R. I
Thaudl Sperk
Bruck
Lucile Utter
Hamilton
Arrowsic Extension Set for All Day Clothing Repair Session
The Montsweag Extension Service will meet Thursday at Arrowsic Town hall from 10 30 am for an all day session. Ruth Loeschner will supervise the program Repairing Men's and Boys Clothing. Members should bring fabrics and patching materials and a protein sandwich. Dinner by Leila Rosenwald Evelyn Ater Gertrude Phinney with salads desserts and beverages.
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Montsweag_ Extension Service
Arrowsic Town Hall
Ruth Loeschner
Leila Rosenwald
Evelyn Ater
Gertrude Phinney
Bruce Lindeau Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Bruce Lindeau son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Lindeau returns to his Bedford street home after a week as a patient at Memorial tar hospital.
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Bruce Lindeau
Herbert Lindeau
Bedford Street
Local notices and visits record in Bath area
Community items list June 11 to June 24 activities including baptist convention attendance Ocean Park weddings at Woolwich, summer cottage arrivals from Malden to Portland, family visits from Swarthmore to Seguinland, births at Bath Memorial and local road trips. Names include Reedy Marr Rowe Pinkham Gray Doyle Gra y Lee and Clark among others.
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John Reedy
William Marr
Orville Rowe
Ocean Park
D. W. Staffeld
Woolwich
Staffeld
Lester Davis
Blenn
Woodrow G
Portsland
Constance Gray
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
George Gra
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkha
Woodrow Gray
Sebasco Nazarene
Philip Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospita
Almon Marr
Malden
Mass
Cleon Pinkham
Norton and Barter
Harriett Worrell
Swarthmore
Rockmere Lodge
Stanley Lewis
Barbara
Jill
George Lee
Onset
Lees
Robert Eisenhauer
Cambridge
Maynard Thibodeau
John McKeoun
Seguinland
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Key West
Fla
Kathleen Rittall
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Otis Baker
Norwood
Redlon
Bryant
North Monmouth
David Rutherford
Robert Lee
Stanley" Lewis
Arthur Davis
North Anson
Roy Clark
Roy Everett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cleves Henderson
Former Bathman Honored At Retirement Party In South Boston
About 60 colleagues gathered at Blinstrub's Village in South Boston to honor MacMahan for 27 years of Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service work. George Stuart presented a salt water fishing set after the Albert Gallatin Award was read from John W. Snyder.
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Boston
Blinstraub’s
George Stuart
Albert Gallatin
Mr. MacMahan
John W. Snyder
Eva L. MacMahan
Walter Beane
MacMahan
Blinstraub
MacMahan Ane
Bath
Portland Company
Portland
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
Boston Engineering Co
Boston Navy Yard
U. S. Coast Guardr
MacMahon
Georgetown
Double celebration at Oak Street home
Miss Anne Thompson and Miss Catherine Powers hosted a Saturday party at 149 Oak Street for a wedding and a wedding anniversary. The newly married Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Briggs, and the fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Murphy were honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Thompson
Catherine Powers
Miss Thompson
Oak Street
I. Gerald Briggs
Elizabeth Murphy
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Dennis Murphy
Briggs
Mr. Briggs
Huse Memorial School
Weeks Street
Fred Rogers
Stanley Romash
The
Murphys
Gail
Rie
Maurice Hutchings
Bailey Family Attends Morse High Graduation in Bath
Mr and Mrs Stuart H Bailey and daughter Susan traveled to Bath to see Morse High School graduation where Mrs Bailey s sister Miss Barbara was among the graduates They stayed with Mrs Bailey s sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Baser of Gerald Street and plan to return in November when Mr Bailey completes his air plane engineering course.
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Stuart H. Bailey
Susan
Tampa
Fla
Bath
Morse
Bailey
Barbara
Nts
William Aser
Gerald Street
Central eighth graders visit Red Sox Browns game in Boston
A group of 35 Central Grammar School eighth graders led by Principal Moody Flint traveled by train to witness the Red Sox 7 St. Louis Browns 5 game. The trip included a one hour visit to the Boston Museum of Science and a return train that evening.
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Central Grammer Eigth
Moody Flint
Red Sox
Boston
Hoot Evers
Boston Museum of Science
Bath Boys and Co
Leonardo da Vinci
Brunswick
Bath
Ruth Bowen
Mary Talbot
Donna McDougal
Dawn Necomb
Sylvia Googins
Diana Fenn
Joyce Lemoine
Diana Bailey
Francis Warner
Phylis Roslyn Higgins
Bernice Green
Joan Pouliot
Sondra Torrey
Judith Watts
Patricia Atwood
Herbert Anderson
Richard Crabtree
Roger Skillings
George Tardif
Gary Worden
Knights of Columbus elect officers in parish installation
Frank Manion Jr was named grand knight of the Knights of Columbus at the recent officer election. New officers include Sylvia Langlais deputy grand knight Leon White chancellor Carl Cooper recording secretary John Dauphin warden Aristides Bergeron inside guard Everett Comeau outside guard John J Keegan Jr advocate Edmund Arsenault treasurer and Past Grand Knight Carlton Perry trustee for three years. The lawn party will be held on St Marys parish grounds June 26 27 and 28 with special entertainment and usual booths games and refreshments.
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Frank Manion, Jr
The
Knights of Columbus
Sylvia Langlais
Leon White
Carl Cooper
John Dauphin
Aristides Bergeron
Everett Comeau
John J. Keegan, Jr
Edmund Arsenault
Carlton Perry
Frank Manion
St. Mary’s Parish
Kenneth L Snowdon Honored by Union
At the Maine State Federation of Labor convention in Portland June 10 11 12 Kenneth L Snowdon Business Manager of Bath Local 168 was elected vice president for the coming year and named chairman of the Apprenticeship committee. Local 168 attendees included Paul M Hovey Kenneth Snowdon Robert Newman Stanley Commeau John Gordon John Leonard Clarence Oliver Arthur Colby Robert Ouellette John Mullaney and John Watt.
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Maine State Federation of Labor
Portland
Local 168
Bath
Paul M. Hovey
Kenneth Snowdon
Robert Newman
Stanley Commeau
John Gordon
John Leonard
Clarence Oliver
Arthur Colby
Robert Ouellette
John Mullaney
John Watt
Kenneth L. Snowdon
Couples Club Picnic At Wymn's Beach Small Point
Winter Street Couples club held a Sunday picnic at Wymn's Beach in Small Point attended by about 50 people including children. Guests played horseshoes and other games and swam. The organizing committee was led by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Niss and included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Fry Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Caton Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. Gower Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Eliason and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Wymn's Beach
Small Point
William A. Niss
Alfred G. Fry
A. D. Caton
Wallace L. Gower
Harmon Eliason
Maurice L. Hutchins
Brittle Star Rarely Found in Shallow Wave-Touched Waters
The brittle star, a cousin of the starfish, is so fragile it is seldom found in shallow water disturbed by waves.
Obituary William W. Ayer 80 Dies in Bath
William W. Ayer of Bath aged 80 died at his home after years of declining health. Born March 17 1872 in Port Greville N S he married Harriet Armstrong and lived in Bath for 50 years. Survived by two daughters and three sons twelve grandchildren four great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral Thursday at Mayo funeral residence with Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
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William W. Ayer
Port Greville
N. 8
Andrew
Amelia (Spicer ) Ayer
Harriet Armstrong
Bath
Wido
Ayer
Pop” Ayer
Kelley Spear Yard
Alex Robertson
Asa Morrison
Natick
Mass
Arthur and
Brenton Ayer
Walter Ayer
Randolph
Mayo
Canon Charles M. Tubbs
Oak Grove
Jesse Tabor Sanders Dies at 81 in Bath Boarding House
Jesse Tabor Sanders, 81, died weekend at his Bath boarding house at 208 Water Street. Born in East Boston on Oct 29, 1870, he was the son of John A. and Almira Sanders. He lived in Bath about 26 years, worked as a rigger at Bath shipyards, served with the Texas Company in World War I, and was a watchman on the Carlton Bridge in World War II. He was a Spanish-American War veteran.
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Jesse Tabor Sanders
Water Street
Boston
John A
Almira (Allen) Sanders
Bath
Bath Shipyards
Texas Co
Carlton Bridge
Charles E Card obituary notes residency and birth dates
Charles E Card, 70, a paper hanger and painter, died Sunday morning at his rooming house 17 South Street. He was born in Ellsworth on June 4, 1882, son of Daniel and Madelia Card. He had lived here for many years and is survived by a half sister in Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Card
South Street
Ellsworth
Daniel and
Madelia (Brown) Card
Bar Harr
Funeral service for Bert E Wood at Curtis Funeral Home
Bert E Wood funeral held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington street with Rev Howard F Cramer officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Preble cemetery Bowdoin am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert E. Wood
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Howard F. Cramer
Preble
Bowdoinam
Funeral for John Edward Wilson Held at Curtis Funeral
John Edward Wilson was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Laforest Hodgkins officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Edward Wilson
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Minnie Starbird held at Curtis Funeral Home
Minnie Elliot Starbird died recently and funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Elliot Starbird
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Describing a Fisher and Rotterdam Bombing Recovery
A fisher is an undaunted fur bearing animal resembling a weasel and easily killed. Most damage from German bombing of Rotterdam on May 14 1940 has been repaired.
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Rotterdam
Bath obituary notes John E. W. Wilson among Bath’s horsemen
John Edward W. Wilson died after a period in Bath following life on a ranch and sea work. He leaves one daughter Emma A. Moulton of Boston and a granddaughter, plus a sister-in-law, a niece and a nephew in Washington. He was known as a leading Bath horseman and rigging foreman in the shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward W
High Street
Tana
Bath
Imogene Fox
John L
Frank H
Edwin O
Emma A
Corris E
Alice G. Wilson
Emma A. Moulton
Little Brown Fishing Co
Boston
Jones
Reenvil
Terrill Lee
Fbuunam
Mira
Department of Interior
Earl Putnam
Washington
Dye
Wilson
Obituary of Harry M Brundage of Abington Mass
Harry M Brundage 58 of Abington Mass died June 10 at West Roxbury Veterans hospital after a long illness. He served in World War I and was a commander of the Bedford American Legion. Survived by wife Mildred a daughter Mrs Mildred Stard a son Daniel Brundage two sisters Mrs Charles Gordon and Mrs Myrtle King and cousin Caleb Burns. Funeral Saturday at Walsh funeral home Quincy and burial in Blue Hill cemetery Quincy.
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Harry M. Brundage
Abington
Mass
West Roxbury Veterans’ Hospital
Bath
Daniel and
Jessie (Burns) Brundage
Brundage
Bedford
American Legion
Mildred Brundage
Mildred Stard
Daniel Brundage
Charles Gordon
Oak Street
Myrtle King
Quincy
Caleb Burns
High Street
Walsh Funeral Home
Blue Hill Cemetery
Bert Clifton Wood Dies at 78 in Machiasport Area
Bert Clifton Wood aged 78 died Thursday at his home after a life as a farmer. He was born May 1874, the son of John and Mrs. Wood, educated in Machiasport schools, and lived in Bath Bowdoinham and Machiasport. Survived by son Noble J. Wood of Bath and brother George E. Wood of Machiasport. Funeral at Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with burial in Bowdoinham family lot.
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Bert Clifton Wood
John Wood
Wood
Machiasport
Bath
Bowdoinham
Noble J. Wood
George E. Wood
Machiaport
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Funeral services for Joseph B Gallant held at Mayo Funeral
Funeral services for J B Gallant were held Thursday at two in the Mayo funeral residence with Fr John Bellefontaine officiating. Pallbearers included Hugh MacDonald Earl Homer Joseph Jenee Edward Hartnett Robert Back and Charles Kidder. Committal followed at Calvary Cemetery family lot with Fr Bellefontaine assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J B. Gallant
Mayo
John Bellefontaine
Hugh MacDonald
Earl Homer
Joseph Jenee
Edward Hartnett
Robert Back
Charles Kidder
Calvary Cemetery
Fr. Bellefontaine
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Library Hall
Bathman
Charles H. M’mahan
Buids
Central
St. Louis Browns
Boston Museum
UNION
Marius H. Page
Kennebec Greenhouses
Tel. Res
Office
Donald T. Page
Minnie E. Starbird
Abington, Mass
Joseph B. Gallant
Salvation Army
Arthur F. Mayo & Son