Richmond Community Hears Church Talks and 4-H Plans
The Carry On 4-H club met at Mary Gilbert's home and planned a lawn party for July 3. Religious services covered include Rev. Alfred Ives on "A Father's Reward" at the Methodist church and Rev. Lester R. Norton on "The World in Revolt" at the Baptist church. Funeral services for George W. Green were held at Roberts funeral parlor with interment at Gaubert cemetery. Personal items note visits and travels of locals, plus a bevy of community updates.
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Carry On
Mary Gilbert
County Road
Linwood Frederick
Wilson Chetley
Mr. Knight
Alfred Ives
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Lester R. Norton
George W. Green
Roberts Funeral
Gilbert E. Edgett
Wallace Gardner
Masons
Harry Jordan
Emeth Chapter
Harry Douglass
The
Odd Fellows
Elmer King
Gaubert
Addie Turner
Wallace Price
Augusta
George Emery
Hyde Park
Mass
Marguerite McGurty
Bernard Alexander
Cyrus M. Kendrick
Emerson Grammar School
Helen Seamans
Becker
Richmond High School Commercial Department
Fort Richmond
Lawrence Thompson
Nancy W
Harold Wade
Howard Knight
White Road
Estelle Brown
Laurelle Priest
Nellie Alexander
Progressive Grange marks Flag Day and Father’s Day program
About 90 attended at Progressive Grange of Richmond with visitors from Enterprise Merrymeeting and Topsham granges. The program included flag presentation by Charles Thompson readings a flag quiz and tableaux followed by refreshments of strawberry shortcake and fruit punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Topsham Granges
Charles Thompson
Laurelle Priest
Bertha Gray
Charlotte White
Nellie Sylvester
Nettie Leavitt
Phyllis Witham
Grace Thompson
Marjorie Curtis
Maude Purinton
Rachel Knight
Merrymeeting Grange Hosts Open Session Speakers
Merrymeeting Grange of Bowdoinham held an open session Friday evening with speakers Rev George B Wolstenholme Frank Dunton of Bath and Neil S Bishop. Refreshments under Mrs William H Gould Welfare Committee raised funds for the welfare fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
George Hamilton
George B. ‘Wolstenholme
Frank Dunton
Bath
Neil S. Bishop
William H. Gould
Applause and Travel Notices From Phippsburg and Bath
In Phippsburg Maine on June 19 1940 Raymond McIntire extends thanks to supporters after a local election. Chief Yeoman W C Thrailkill and Mrs Thrailkill with Diane and Marjorie Jervey travel to Boston after months in Bath. Thrailkill departs aboard the Gleaves 1630 Works Corp which was commissioned at Boston Navy Yard. Mrs Clara Adams of Solon visits grand niece Mrs Whitman Mitchell in Milan Street and visits son Frank Adams in Thomaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond M. McIntire
Yeoman
W. C. Thrailkill
U. S
Gleaves
Thrailkill
Diane
Marjorie Jervey
Boston
Bath
1630 Works Corp
Boston Navy Yard
Clara Adams
Solon
Whitman Mitchell
Milan Street
Frank Adams
Thomaston
Bay Point Community Notices and Weekend Sports Results
Bay Point residents report new telephone installation and a dam truck arrival. Summer postal service opened June 17 as Edgar Leavitt begins trips for Oakhurst Dairy and Cushman Bakery. Two baseball games on Georgetown grounds ended Bath Indians 11 Georgetown 4 and Georgetown 18 Bath 1. School closed with promotions. many cottages opened or visited by families from Bath Gardiner Woolwich and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Company
Edgar Leavitt
Bath
Oakhurst Dairy
Cushman Bakery
McConnell
R.N
American Red Cross
Miss Sutherland
Gardiner
Georgetown Grounds
Bath Indians
Georgetown
J. Clark
G. McKellar
G. Moody
D. Cromwell
K Jacquith
B. Carey
D. McKellar
FE. Morton
C. Hart
L. Campbell
V. Davis
B. Collins
E. Thorne
J Gordon
J. Oliver
K. Snowden
P. McVane
F. Rice
C. Jaquith
Indians
Edward Thorne
Many Voters Skip Primary Ballots in Bath
In Bath, only about half of the 3,392 Republican registered voters cast ballots in the primary though 5,144 voters exist. Governor 2,157. sheriff 2,138. county attorney 2,115. state senator 2,102. U S senator 2,041. Voters showed less interest in nominating candidates by popular vote than in general elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U. S
Sagada hoc county GOP state senator candidate thanks voters
Card of thanks from Neil S. Bishop Republican candidate for State Senator Bath Maine expresses gratitude for support at the Primary election. Dated June 20 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Neil S. Bishop
Bath
Maine
Mrs Gillette Feted At Miss Magoun Luncheon
Miss Priscilla Magoun hosted a luncheon on a Wednesday at her 65 Green street home for Mrs. Claude S. Gillette returning from Pearl Harbor. Afternoon contests awarded prizes to Mrs. Clarence W. Morse, Mrs. Charles H. Cahill, Mrs. John A. Morse, and Mrs. Harry L. Day with a guest prize given to Mrs. Gillette. Ross T. Beaton, Westport town clerk, was in Bath on business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Magoun
Green Street
Claude S. Gillette
Pearl Harbor
T.H
Clarence W. Morse
Charles H. Cahill
John A. Morse
Harry L.day
Gillete
Ross T. Beaton
Westport
Bath
Webster Harley
Milford
N. H
Georgetowr
Charlotte J
Edmund M. Purdy, Jr
Wilton
Harley
Milford High School
Library Hall
H. C. Barrows
Boothbay Harbor
Ada McConnell
Richmond
P. M. Cahill
William Tracey
John Lane
Timothy M. McCarthy
Thomas Connolly
Frank McCarthy
John McCarthy
Peabody
Mass
Nat Hasenfus
Lincoln
Butler
Walter E. Reid
C. H. Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Philip Campbell, Jr
Dickie
Evelyn Rose Campbel
Everett Cromwell
John Lundquist
Roslindale
Harmon's Harbor
Herbert Moore
Belmont
Charles
Friend
Ray Benedict
Bridgeport
Potter
Boston
Richard Potter
Potter Eugene Hall
Bert Hall
Acton
Hall Cottage
Harold Rowe
Carl
Kittery
Charles Kenney
Norman, Warren
Dowel
Alice Cromwell
Miss Cromwell
Cromwell
Arthur Marr
Malden
Parker Starr
Mr. Start
Somerville
The
Mart Cottage
Summer visitors and residents at Kennebec Point and Bath cottages
The record lists numerous visitors and residents at cottages around Kennebec Point Center and Bath. Names include Howard Noble and son in law from Malden Massachusetts Rev and Mrs Koehlwetter and daughter Helen, Howard Fletcher of Belmont, Mrs Edward Stewart and son Edward, Wilbur Hardy, Mrs B H Woodside, Mrs N I Russell, Meta Bearce, Merton Webber, Rudolf Trafton and Donald of Portland, Gardner Hanson of Cambridge Miss, Prof and Mrs Khor and children from Elmira College, Shirley N C Hicks and Rich Hicks, Miss Bessie Thompson, Harry L Horne and Mrs Chester Horne and son Douglas, Joseph Hooker Wilson and Deborah, Miss Dorothy File, and Elizabeth Deerniy elected representative from Bath. Many are visiting for the summer with voting noted for Horne in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Charles
Gwendolyn
Barbara Hanna
Audrey
LeRoy Pinkham
Lois Burns
Ardene Pinkham and Sons
Arthur Delano
James Oliver
Willard
Portland
Walter I. Noyes
Ralph Carlisle
Katherine
Kennebec Point
George Goddy
H. L. Riddle
B. F. Townsend
Annetta Larson
Minneapolis
Robert Fry
Cedar Grove
Truman Taylor
Marrtown
Friends
E. J. Stewart
Newton Center
Mass
Theodore
Donald Weston
Walter Reid
Harmon's Harbor
Joseph Larrabee
Bath
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
George Roberts
Gardiner
Walter Quance
Walter
Evelyn
Raymond Brown
Auburn
Auburn High School
Hardy
Kahr
Kahris
Elmira College
Elmira
N. Y
Arline Kimball
Edith Renaud
Dalrymples
James
Katherine Graham
Arlington
Edgewater
Oscar Miller
Robinson
Keith
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
Edward
Morse High
Howard Noble
Malden
Koehlwetter
Helen
Boston
Howard Fletcher
Belmont
Edward Stewart
Massachusetts
Wilbur Hardy
Old Orchard Beach
B. H. Woodside
N. I. Russell
A. E. Rowe
Lena Donnell
Meta Bearce
Rowe
Donnell
Merton Webber
Howard
Rich Hicks
Chambersburg
Penn
Bessie Thompson
Harry L. Horne
Chester Horne
Douglass
Horne
Dorothy File
Howard Heald
Georgetown
Elizabeth Deerniy
Legion
Excellent program for Children's Day at Central Church
The annual Children's Day was observed at Congregational Church with services led by the church school children. Dr. David L. Wilson spoke on A Little Child Shall Lead Them as Miss Irma D. Groves and Miss Charlotte F. Page organized the program. Each child received a potted plant. The program featured songs, recitations, and a junior department show, ending with the procession On Our Way Rejoicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
David L. Wilson
Irma D. Groves
Charlotte F. Page
Alice Coleman
Jesus
Marion Ferris
Marilyn Longley
Virginia Moran
David Hodgkins
Vivien Clark
Billy Longley
Shirley Clark
Joan Ferris
Ann Pennell
Caroline Stackpole
Alfred Noyes
Dora Mae Higgins
Sally Snowden
Donna Sutherland
Richard Snowden
Trene Ferris
Frank Sutherland
Joan Tlonglevi
Virginia Emery
Lillian Sateforth
Audrey King
Eleanor McRae
Anita Baygdikian
Emma Hartlebb
Tittle
Ruth Clark
Bertha Sutherland
Walter Longley
Resolutions on Death of Maude Ho Tyrrabee of Riverside Cemetery Assocation
The Riverside Cemetery Assocation records the death of Maude Ho Tyrrabee. The group extends sympathy to her son and relatives and pledges to God for consolation. A copy of the resolutions is to be published in the Bath Independent and filed in the association records. Committee members Charlotte L Buck and Albert Hathorn signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery
Maude Ho
Bath Independent
L. Buck
Albert Hathorn
Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Irving Winslow Return Home
Mr and Mrs Irving Winslow of Sanford have returned after visiting his uncle J. S. Winslow and Mrs Winslow of 256 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Winslow
Sanford
J. S. Winslow
Winslow
Washington Street
Five Islands Fire Department hosts U. S. Navy visitors
Monday night guests at the Five Islands Fire Department meeting included Chief Boatswain Yeager of the U S Navy aboard the destroyer Gleaves and Norman Dubois and Paul Kelley of Boston. Yeager showed films of Bank Kok Singapore Strat Settlement Manila and Shanghai bombing. Other reels depicted the Pacific Fleet at San Diego and Mt Hood sunsets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boatswain Yeager
U. S Navy
Gleaves
Norman Dubois
Paul Kelley
Boston
Bank Kok
Singapore
Strat, Settlement
Manila
Shanghai
China
San Diego
Calif
King Neptune
Equator
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Dubois-Kelley
Fire Department
Harold Pinkham
Ted Campbell
George McKinnon
Chief Carr
Fire College
Augusta
May Ask Inspection Of Monday's Ballots
County Attorney Sherwood Aldrich of Topsham plans to seek an inspection of ballots after early returns show Raymond M. McIntire of Phippsburg leading Aldrich 315 to 314 for the Republican nomination for Representative to the Legislature in Arrowsic Phippsburg Topsham West Bath and Woolwich. McIntire won Phippsburg by 135 and Arrowsic by five while Aldrich carried Topsham West Bath and Woolwich by 88 2 and 49 votes respectively.
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Arrowsit
Phippsburg
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Sherwood Aldrich
Raymond M. MeIntire
Aldrich
McIntire
Arrowsie
Mussenden Graduates From Babson Institute of Business Admin
William Frederick Mussenden son of Mr and Mrs William B Mussenden 16 Garden street graduated Saturday from the Babson Institute of Business Administration in Wellesley Massachusetts He previously attended Hebron Academy and the University of Maine and has completed a course in business administration at Babson Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frederick Mussenden
William B. Mussenden
Garden Street
Babson Institute of Business Administration
Wellesley
Mass
Mussenden
Hebron Academy
University of Maine
Babson Institute
Daniel Morrison Dies by Own Action in Jail Cell
Daniel H. Morrison 56 died Saturday afternoon in a Bath jail cell, found by City Messenger C Le Roy Hutchins. He was jailed on assault and battery charges against his wife Erelyn and remained unable to post bonds. A native of Prince Edward Island, he worked as a coppersmith at Bath Iron Works and leaves a wife and siblings including sister Mrs. Willard Thompson of Bath. The death was investigated by county medical examiner St Joseph I Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernald
Robert Hale
Hale
Five Islands
Center
West Georgetown
State Senate
Sheriff Messenger
Mr. Leeman
J. Horace McClure
Jack Conway
Bath
Sewall
P. L. Ste
Bristol
Harry Bedford
Whitinsville
Mass
Georgetown
J. N. Bedford
Red- Lothrop Loring
Canal Zone
Mr. Loring
Yarmouth
Cape Cod
Daniel H. Morrison
Pole Station
Berlin
Wile Lard Thompson
Second Avenue
Morrison
Prince Edward Island
Bath Iron Works Corp
John
Melinda H. Morrison
William A. Morrison
Arrow
Erelyn
Sewall Named Sagadahoc Civic Committee Chair
Senator Sumner Sewall of Bath Maine a World War ace is named chairman of the Sagadahoc county civic committee for a U S Army recruit drive. The county quota is 25 men with local officials and reserve officers aiding Lieut Amel F Kizonak in planning and enlisting 24 men for service nationwide including Hawaii Philippines Alaska or the Panama Canal Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner. Sewall
Bath
Maine
Sagadahoc County
William S. Newell
Bath Tron Works Corp
Rodney E. Ross
Hyde Windlass Co
Ardene A. Stott
Eugene M. Desmond
Warren E. Kershner
Albert S. Owen
Robert Maass
S. Parker Foss
Freeport
Kizonak
U.S. Army
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Dr Bibber’s Picture Honored At Old Folks Home
A portrait of Dr Randall D Bibber hangs in the Old Folks Home living room beside a portrait of donor Thomas G Plant. Plant, a Bath native and physician, served as mayor in 1896 and 1897 and supported libraries and the Home for Old Couples opened in 1895. The Harward street Harvard house once hosted the homes before merging with the South End home in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall D. Bibber
South Fund
Thomas G Plant
Bibber
Mr. Plant
Bath
Harward
Thomas Harward
Plant
Harvard
Obituary of Jacob W Haley 76, longtime lighthouse keeper
Jacob W Haley, 76, veteran lighthouse keeper and former coast guard member, died at home in Bath after a heart ailment. Born at Popham Beach, he served 38 years in the lighthouse service retiring in 1928, and spent 39 years as keeper of Perkins Island light. Survived by wife Nellie Perkins Haley, son Orrison P. Haley, and daughter Mrs Chester H McCabe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Haley
Lighthouse Service
Bath
Washington Street
Mr. Haley
Popham Beach
Jacob W
Frances Chiver Haley
Coast Guard Service
Seguin Island
Perkins Island
Kennebec River
Haley
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Nellie Perkins
Orrison P. Haley
Millville
Calif
Chester H. McCabe
Mrs Mary E White Dies After Illness At Bath Home
Mrs Mary E White 65 widow of John H White died Saturday afternoon at her Bath home from a heart ailment. Born in Nova Scotia to Ambrose and Margaret Comean, she lived in Bath since marriage at age 18. Survived by daughters Mrs Frank Durant and Mrs Louis Wilkin of Bath, sons Herbert and Henry White of West Bath, sister Mrs Margaret Sonin of Bath, and brother Charles Comeau of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. White
Mary E. White
Huse Street
Mrs White
Nova Scotia
Ambrose
Margaret Comean
Bath
Frank Durant
Louis Wilkin
Herbert
Henry White
West Bath
Margaret Sonin
Charles Comeau
Funeral for Clara B Evrard 79 in Bath
Clara B Evrard 79 of 34 Dummer Street widow of Joseph E Evrard died Saturday afternoon in Memorial Hospital after illness starting Thursday. Born in Richmond Quebec she lived in Bath since age 18. She attended the Republican city committee and leaves daughter Mrs Edward Pennell Dorchester Mass granddaughter Mrs Evelyn Bloch and sister Mrs Edoray His East Braintree Mass. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara B. Evrard
Dummer Street
Joseph E. Evrard
Arthur F Mayo
High Street
Edward Pennell
Dorchester
Mass
Evelyn Bloch
Edoray Ilis
East Braintree
Bowdoin Resident Nathan E. Adams Dies at 78
Nathan F. Adams died at Bowdoin Thursday after a long illness. He would have turned 79 on June 29. A Bowdoin native, he farmed 20 years on the Tondreau Skelton farm and served as a past master of Sagadahoc Grange. Surviving are his wife Margaret Trufant Small, a daughter Edith Wilson of Orr's Island, two sons Edwin S. and Clyde T. of Bowdoin, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan F. Adams
Bowdoin
Mr. Adams
Samuel A
Minerva Small Adams
Tondreau Skelton
Sagadahoc Grange
Margaret Trufant Small
Edith Wilson
Orr's Island
Edwin S
Clyde T
J W Haley Funeral Private Service Held
Jacob W Haley retired lighthouse keeper of 248 Washington Street had a private funeral Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Dr David L Wilson officiated with Polar Star Lodge of Masons officers serving as bearers including Carl H Pinson master Howard C Bales senior warden Ernest R Freeman junior warden Lawrence A Lowell senior deacon Sven Lonn junior deacon Herbert L Anderson Jr marshal Charles W Walsh senior steward William Mitchell junior steward William F Ham tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Haley
Washington Street
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Masons
Mr Haley
Carl H. Pinson
Howard C. Bales
Ernest R. Freeman
Lawrence A. Lowell
Sven Lonn
Herbert L. Anderson, Jr
Charles W. Walsh
William Mitchell
William F. Ham
Tyler
Funeral for Donald C. Whorff Held in Bath
Funeral services for Donald C. Whorff the only child of Albert and Frances Whorff were held Thursday at 2 PM at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence Bath. David L Wilson officiated. Pallbearers included David and Earl Whorff Charles Harris and Lewis Harris. Burial followed at Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Whorff
Albert
Frances Whorff
Phippsburg
Arthur F. Mayo
Bath
David L. Wilson
David
Earl Whorff
Charles
Lewis Harris
Oak Grove
Will Ask Inspection After Tight County Attorney Race
Frank Thinton, defeated candidate by a margin of nine votes in the county attorney nomination, plans to request an inspection of ballots to determine if a recount is needed. He says near victory justifies the move and will decide on a recount after the inspection. Meanwhile in Bath Maine job seekers crowd the shipyard area and employment offices as Maine leads to work. Clarence Freeman and Flora Coombs filed marriage intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ©. Thinton
Ralph O. Dale
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Ernest Stewart
Evelyn Stewart
Melrose
Holliston
Howard Farwell, Jr
Barbara
Reading
Bernice Proctor
Ruth Howe
Hallie Austin
Trinidad
Colo
Pleasant View Farm
Lucille Dolliver Stone
Mabel McFee
Mary Sweatt
Old Town
Ralph Brown
G. Howard Thomas
Norridewock
Harry Curran, Jr
Lake George
Sagadahoc
Union Bridge
Woolwich Town House
Day’s Ferry
Wiscasset
Blue Nequasset Lake
Sumner Bailey
Clara Hawthorne
Will Wright
Four Captains
Thayer
School House
Hinckley's Landing
A. S. Cunningham
Fort Popham
Union Brook
Lake Nequasset
Frank Wright
Schcnie
Henry
Ernest Stilphen
Ernest
Louise
Leonard
Philip Ratleff
Junior
Jessie Delano
Laterest Savage
Winona
Esther
Lester
Wellesley Wright
John Emerson Wright
Helene Leavitt
Leona
Rena McFarland
Elmer Mank
Phyllis Mank
Robert Tanner
Catherine Wright
Hartley Wright
Verlie
Leah
Fred Hathorne
Milton Hathorne
Leon
Freda
Delia
Gardner .Hanson
Cambridge
T. M. Hagan
Church Working League
Central Church
Church School
Will Head
DR. Bibber
OLD Folks
Archibald M. Main
Groton, Conn
Lievel Gallup
Mr. Gallup
Mian
Groton
Maintis i
Nathan E. Adams
J. W. Haley
Donald Whorff
Clarence F. Freeman
Corliss Street
Flora M. Coombs
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston