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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1944

Page

5

Graduation exercises at Emerson grammar school held at Enterprise grange hall

Richmond reports a Friday evening program with students delivering salutatory and valedictory addresses, musical numbers, class gifts and diplomas presented by Supt. Kendrick. Class marshals Jeanette Bellevance and Glenwood Crosby led the graduates, who included Bellevance, Cook, Coughlin, Crosby, Cros by, Drinkwine, Hodgkins, Johnson, Kimball, Lemont, Lewis, Mealey, Miller, Nelson, Plouff, Pickett, Stuber, Sullivan, Till and Wiedenmayer.

Emerson Grammar School Enterprise Grange Hall Joan Wiedenmayer Phyllis Lemont Jean Miller Marilyn Hinckley Jeanette Bellevance Jean Kimball Sarah Nelson Beverly Coughlin Lorraine Gonier Arthur Gilbert Robert Stuber Beulah Naylor C. M. Kendrick Glenwood Crosby Colette Bellevance Betty A. Cook Beverley A. Coughlin Glenwood L. Crosby Rethel W. Crosby, Jr Chester A. Drinkwine, Jr Arthur J. Hodgkins Norma R. Johnson Jean L. Kimball Phyllis L. Lemont Norman C.lewis Anne L. Mealey Jean L. Miller Sarah M. Nelson Henry C. Plouff, Jr Orrin A. Pickett Robert P. Stuber Barbara A. Sullivan Robert A. Till

Cyr Family Visit From Augusta Delights Calderwoods

Mr and Mrs Joseph Cyr and their daughter Adrienne from Augusta were Sunday guests of Mrs Calderwood and her husband Herbert T Calderwood of Middle Street.

Joseph Cyr Adrienne Augusta

Georgetown Observer Notes Miss Lizzie Oliver Death

Miss Lizzie M Oliver died in Waltham Massachusetts after many years in ill health. A Georgetown native she was a longtime member of the First Baptist church and taught Sunday school. Funeral was in Waltham and burial followed in Oak Cemetery Georgetown. Survived by sister Nellie Mains of Waltham. Additional notes cover Fifth War Loan drive, local meetings, school picnics, and summer relocations in town, with numerous visits and community updates.

Lizzie M. Oliver Waltham Mass Miss Oliver Moses Emerline Oliver Nellie Mains Georgetown First Bath Oak Cemetery Georgetown Oliver Howard Trafton Working League Howard Traft Daniel Williams George Laskey Oscar Williams Mr. Williams Benjamin E. Williams Susan Jordan Williams Marrtown Brookline Cora’‘Williams Alfred Rowe Stanley Flewelling Ralph Davis Everett Stevens John Williams Earle Hagan J. A. Beyea First Baptist Church Beyea

Bath Women Elected at 41st U S War Veterans Meet

Bath members of the United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary attended the forty first annual Portland convention. Ernest Edgar Kate on Auxiliary No 15 elected three officers Mrs Myrtle Wilson conductor Mrs Anna Swain historian and Mrs Bertha Whitlam senior vice president. Attending Auxiliary members included Mrs Myrtle Wilson Mrs Harriet Otis president and several others listed among the group.

Emerson Lane American Legion Hazel Libby Pearl Perry Clyde McFee Eben Baker Roy Dickinson George Clark William Champney Nathaniel Gilpatrick Richmond Lions Club Club Masonic Building Star Lion Alexander Cairns Vanessa Beddle Courtny Hinckley Mildred Fossett Daughters of Union Veteran Augusta Amy Bradley Della Dickinson Ida Watson Alice Wedge Sadie Waltz Beatrice Webber Viola James Marion McFarland Augusta Jewett Helen Kelley Julia Ward Howe Wakefield Mass Bath United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary Portland United Spanish War Veterans Hall Ernest Edgar Kate Myrtle Wilson Anna Swain Bertha Whitlam Harriet Otis Charlotte Barker George Adams Arnold Swain Mattie Swain Beatrice Burns Bina Staples Myrtle Simpson Bertha Whittam

Gallagher couple return from Portland visit at Middle Street

Mr and Mrs Robert Gallagher return to their Middle Street home after a few days in Portland as guests of Mrs Gallagher's aunt Mrs Howard Adams. Mr and Mrs Stanley Hutchens of 21 North Street opened their Meadowbrook cottage for Summer on June 15.

Robert Gallagher Middle Street Portland Gallagher Howard Adamis Stanley Hutchens North Street Meadowbrook

Five Islands Adds New Books to Library and Summer Socials

The Five Islands library lists new titles including More Than Conqueror and Malloy of the Royal Mounted. A Rowe family party honored Harold Rowe Jr. USN R A town summer schedule sees school picnics at Sedgemere beach and Sagadahoc bay. Numerous locals attend gatherings, visits, and church services as summer routine unfolds.

Grace Lutz Hill Helen MacGinnes Malloy The Royal Mounted Charles Stoddard Helen Reilly Cecil Roberts Faith Baldwin Sunnybrook Elinor Graham Orville Rowe Rowe Harold Rowe Edith McMahan Vincent Davis Sedgemere Beach Sagadahoc Bay David Cyril Stevens Franz Stevens Cyril Dorothy MacGillivary Neil S. Bishop Bowdoinham Sagadahoc Dorothy Thompson Five Islands Laura Harding Thomas J. Hanna Fred Horace Rittall Beyea Cora Mae Hanna Harlan Pinkham George B. Wolstenholme Bath Pinkham Lulu Hanna John Conley Luke Roy Francis Bacon James Thorne Marion Stevens O. F. Rowe

Municipal court opens busy with several traffic cases

Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided as Harold A. Andrews Edward H. Abelin and Joseph LaPointe pled guilty to speeding and were fined ten dollars plus costs. Elmer Small pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident with ten dollar fine, suspended on costs. Maurice Knight Jr faced leaving the scene charges, paying ten dollar fine and four seventy cost. One intoxication case continued and a non support matter moved to Wednesday. Funeral held for Cleaveland Buck of Woolwich with service by Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson and burial in Riverside cemetery

Gardiner R. Deering Harold A. Andrews Gardiner Edward H. Abelin Lewiston Joseph LaPointe Brunswick Andrews Abelin LaPointe Roger Whitmore Frank Powers Elmer Small Topsham Whitmore Maurice Knight, Jr Bath Robert Guptill

Cleaveland L Buck of Woolwich Dies

Cleaveland L Buck aged 77 of Day's Ferry Woolwich died Saturday afternoon at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born March 21 1867 he was a son of Dr Samuel P Buck and Mary Webb Buck. A blacksmith in youth he later clerked at A B Thwing grocery and for four years served as superintendent of Riverside cemetery. Surviving are a sister Charlotte Buck a brother Samuel Buck two nieces Mrs John Carver and Mrs C L Chase and a nephew Axford Buck. Funeral was Tuesday at the Congregational church Bath with burial in Riverside cemetery Woolwich.

Cleaveland L. Buck Day's Ferry Woolwich Bath Memorial Hospital Mr. Buck Samuel P Mary Jane Webb Buck A. B. Thwing Mass John S. Carver Pullman Wash C. L. Chase Brookline Axford C. Buck New York City Arthur F. Mayo High Street David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Bath Riverside Cemetery

Joseph E Jewett 84 dies of pneumonia in Lewiston hospital

Joseph E Jewett aged 84 died at Central Maine Hospital in Lewiston Sunday afternoon after a brief illness with pneumonia. He was born in Augusta on January 30 1860 and lived in Georgetown before moving to Auburn. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Dillingham Funeral Parlors in Auburn and burial followed in Bath. He is survived by nephews and nieces including Dr Arthur Allen of Brunswick and Mrs Isadore Fairbanks of Winthrop.

Joseph Everett Jewett Central Maine Hospital Lewiston Mr. Jewett Augusta John Jewett Georgetown Kents Hill Seminary Etta Oliver Jewett Auburn Ridge Road John L. Jewett Arthur Allen Brunswick Bath Isadore Fairbanks Winthrop Grace Allen Ladd Arthur and Allen Thompson Bangor Dillingham Oak Grove

Death of Ernest Marshall at Laconia Hospital

Mrs. Hiram Annis of Milan street reports the death of her son-in-law Ernest Marshall of Laconia New Hampshire at Laconia hospital on June 8. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs. Edwin Moody of Concord and son Willard Marshall at Dartmouth Naval Training. Burial in Camden Camden family lot. Mrs. Annis to return soon.

Hiram Annis Milan Street Ernest Marshall Laconia N. H Laconia Hospital Annis Mr. Marshall Edwin Moody Concord Willard Marshall Naval Training School Dartmouth College Camden Mrs. Marshall Lake Megunticook

Mrs Christine Hatch Funeral Held at Oak Grove

The funeral for Mrs Christine Hatch who died suddenly last week was held Thursday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist church presiding Bearers were Bernard Pratt Scott W Maxson Stanley Hutching and Herman Coombs Burial took place in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery

Cleaveland Buck Woolwich Arthur F. Mayo High Street David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Albion L. Corliss Carl EF. Longfellow Mason C. Carter Freeman Trott Riverside Cemetery Christine Hatch Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Bernard Pratt Scott W. Maxson Stanley Hutching Herman Coombs Oak Grove Cemetery

Funeral services for William E. Dorey Jr

William E. Dorey Jr., son of Mr and Mrs William E Dorey of 807 Middle Street, died suddenly at Memorial hospital Sunday evening. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 o clock from Arthur F Mayo Funeral Parlors 819 High Street with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating.

William E. Dorey, Jr William E. Dorey Middle Street Memorial Hospital Arthur F. Mayo High Street Charles M. Tubbs Grace Episcopal Church

Missionary returns after 20 years of service in China

Miss Bessie Hallows spoke at the Augusta district conference of the Women's Society of Christian Service detailing her twenty years in China managing missionary funds for the Methodist Episcopal churches. She shared accounts of her voyage home on the Gripsholm last November and upcoming talks across Maine, including Belfast and Bangor after speaking in Livermore Falls. The event drew delegates from over 60 towns in the central Maine area and featured music, devotional sessions, and a luncheon organized by local church groups.

China Bessie Hallows Methodist Episcopal Churches Augusta Women's Society of Christian Service of Methodist Churches Wesley Methodist Church Miss Hallows Gripsholm Maine Livermore Falls Belfast Bangor Penobscot River Kennebec Charles Kinney Beacon Street

Bay Point birds and social visits noted in Bath region

A Bay Point natural history note describes the whip-poor-will mood and nesting by ground, plus a robin sized mocking bird. The column then lists Bath area residents visiting cottages and family gatherings including Honsinger Wessenger Brown Gates Stewart and Norton at various local spots and cottages.

Abram Honsinger Miss Wessenger Bath Nate Brown Leland Brown George Gates Earl Bowman Salter Island Clayton Taylor Auburn Theodore Stewart Kennebec Point Walter I. Norton Daniel Graham S. 1 c Bay Point Charles Keisshing Lillian White Walter Hartney Walter, Jr Dedham Mass

Crosby Family Visits Return to Needham After Bath Trip

Mr and Mrs John P Crosby and daughters of Needham Massachusetts former Bath residents returned home after a visit with friends and relatives in Bath Lewiston and suburbs. They stayed with Mrs Crosby s brother and wife Alonzo Harriman and his wife formerly Louise Harriman daughter of the late Charles A Harriman of North Street. Crosby is son of the late Elwell S Crosby of High Street.

Curry Stiles South Front Street David Hickland Paul Batchelder Lorraine Jewett Shirley Bishop Phyllis Stover LeRoy Smith Ann Gilbert Beverley Cadenelli Shirley White Glen White Edward Crosby Robert Gibbs Roger Baker Charles Trott Arlene Guiou Wyman Cottle Hallowell Clowes Guiou Charles Akerson Dover N. H Akerson Sgt. Cottle Camp McCoy Wisc Leslie F. Roberts David Ames Harlod Ames Laura Gsulphen Portland Solon Purinton Earle Cronk American Red Cross Camp and Hospital Council John Thrower San Diego Cal Lawrence Thompson Naval Hospital Corona Seaman Thompson Richmond High School Harris Hutchins Bar Harbor Barbara Cunningham Marshall Cunningham Gardiner General Hospital Traverse Richmond Sagadahoe Superior Court Bertha Blair Frances White Russell Ring Carl Anderson Gerald Witham Robert Sommer Gardiner Baker USN Washington, D. C Front Street E. C. Joss Charles Dunklee Leon Dunklee River Road Santiago Cpl Dunklee Marshalls Pacific Islands George P. Bishop Presque Isle Lee Bishop South Pleasant Street Gioman Clough Stamford Sgt Jack Cushing Hospital Massachusetts Grace Southard Auburn Leon Ladd Read's Point Joe Lane Indian Point Roy E. Newman William Todd Alva Lewis Bath Robinhood Clarence Colby Jacqueline Topsham James Beane Lexington Mass Webster Sagadahoc Bay Sasanoa Seguinland Ayer Walter Powers Louise Carroll Powers Edwin Adams Roy Moulton New York Brockton Forrest Drake J. C. Hulbert University of Chicago West Georgetown Sayde Campbell Thomaston High School John Gordon Ray Dunkling Plainfield Gordon Beyea Illinois J. A. Beyea Garland George Powers Boothbay Harbor Powers Melvin Cunningham Minnie Gray Bridgton Louise Powers Victor Hagan Sidney Emery Lawrence Davis Harold Hunt Harry Carlisle Edgecomb Harold A. Rowe Harold, Jr Carl Kittery Jacksonville Air Station Jacksonville Fla James Thorne North Anson Lermond Davis Anna Worrell Philadelphia George Worrell Rosemary Ellen Cunningham Augusta Daniel Williams Mildred Pinkham Westbrook Ellsworth Pinkham Azuba Holland Madelyn Berry Walter Savage Groveton Roselyn Judson Senecal Etta Moore Georgetown Center Ethel Stevens Donald Groton George Floyd Harbor Home Catherine Welling South Weymouth Percy Savage Vincent Davis Eleanor Marion Stevens George Philipps Medford D. W. Staffeld Carl Roy Quincy Malden Island Mary Conley Lancaster John Woodrow Gray Camden Percy Wilkins Lewiston Frank McMahan Somerville Lester Woodard Folsom Cottage Alice Cromwell T. C. Cromwell Cromwell Fred Elliott Merton Rowe Francis Pierce Lieut. Rowe Italy John P. Crosby Needham Crosby Alonzo Harriman Harriman Louise Harriman Charles A. Harriman North Street Elwell S. Crosby High Street

Mrs Jack Pinel Visits In North Quincy

Mrs. Jack Pinel of North Quincy Massachusetts has returned after a brief visit with her mother Mrs. William Fields of Harding.

Jack Pinel North Quincey Mass William Fields Hardings

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