Richmond Teens Among 653 Graduates At University of Maine
Two Richmond residents earn degrees at U Maine commencement Carlton Ring receives a Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry and Doris Pullen earns a Bachelor of Arts in English Both are active in campus groups Ring to work in Acton Massachusetts and Pullen to teach in Skowhegan during summer and fall Also reports on fraternal lodge activities weddings and local social notices including the Trott Buzzard marriage and auxiliary meetings
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University of Maine
Carlton Blair Ring
Russell Ring
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Alpha Zeta
Ring
Acton
Mass
Doris Pullen
Harold Pullen
Lincoln Street
Shakespeare Club
Maine Christian Association
Miss Pullen
Skowhegan
Weekend Visits and Enlistments Highlight Maine News
The report lists several locals visiting relatives in Milford Connecticut and Boston Massachusetts. Richard Witham of Gardiner enlisted in the paratroopers and left for Port land and Fort Dix for basic training. Leo Trott of Church street joined the Navy as a hospital recruit and departed for Portland and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
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New York
Washington, D
Donald Mosher
Portland
Freeman Mosher
J. Norris Sidelinger
Kenneth Chetley
Milford
Charles Trott
Boston
Walter Trott
Adelle Libby
York
Mildred Davis
Richard Witham
Gerald Witham
Gardiner Street
Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Leo Trott
Church Street
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Arthur D. Fossett
Gardiner
Frank Beedle
Horace Gilpatrick
Dresden
Bath residents urge permanent honor roll on Post Office lawn
Bath citizens demand removal of the dilapidated World War II honor roll sign on the Post Office lawn. Tourists complain it resembles an office billboard and call for a small, attractive, permanent tribute to Bath boys who served in the war, with a petition to City Council.
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Bath
City Hall
East Boothbay
Lakewood Offering Laburnum Grove Thrills Local Stage
Lakewood Players stage Laburnum Grove by J B Priestley in a North London suburb setting. Wealthy George Radfern tires of relatives living on his money and a boastful fiancé and a counterfeit-ring claim. the drama pivots on whether his money comes from crime and the final scene reveals the truth.
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Lakewood Players
Laburnum Grove
J. B. Priestley
Melville Burke
London
George Radfern
Mr. Radfern
Funeral services for Annie Jennie Ham held at Grace Episcopal Church
Funeral services for Annie Jennie Ham were held Saturday afternoon at two at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. David Kingman of Emanuel Episcopal Church officiating. Bearers were Charles Lee Edward Lee Leon Gower and Stanley Given. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jennie Ham
Grace Episcopal Church
David Kingman
Emanual Episcopal Church
West Roxbury
Mass
Charles Lee
Edward Lee
Leon Gower
Stanley Given
Oak Grove
Georgetown Weekend Social and Community Notes
The Georgetown Farm Bureau met at Overlook hall where Harold Brown demonstrated plastic chair caning. A large group enjoyed a picnic, swimming, and local visits. numerous residents and visitors from Bath, Five Islands, West Roxbury, and Boston areas were noted at Kennebec Point, Robinhood, and MacMahan for the summer season.
Summer visitors and local residents listed at area cottages
Mr and Mrs Walter Beane and daughter of Malden Mass were at their Summer home. Mr and Mrs Ralph Carlisle of Winchester Mass are at the Anchorage for a brief stay. Frank Brown of Portland brought Mrs Brown and daughter Carol Lee and son David to their cottage Sunday for the Summer. Mr Brown will pass weekends with his family. Mrs Harry Horne is going to Bath daily as she is enrolled in the extension course for Bath teachers at Huse school. Joseph F Higgins was in Bath last week serving on the Grand Jury.
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Farm Bureau
Harold Brown
Overlook Hall
Richards Library
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Nat Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Roy Moulton
New York City
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester
Charles Milliken
West Newton
J. H. Brown
Roy Newman
Willian A. Todd
Bath
Mac Hagan
North Edgecomb
Harry Carlisle
Gaston LaChaise
Lexington
Lawrence Perow
Kenneth LaRose
Five Islands
Robinhood
Roland Peterson
Portland
Stanley Lewis
Seguinland
Elbridge Southard Place
Rudolph Trafton
Howard Trafton
Rapheal Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Eugenia Bradshaw
Kennebec Point
Clara Fawcett
Milliken
Washington, D. C
Indian Point
Charles Shain
Deborah Shane
Princeton
N. J
Shain
Miss Shain
Larchmont
N. Y
Weld Brown
George Kahris
Elmira
Kenebec Point
Thomas Watson
Five Island
William Harrison
Peterson Place
Charles Arbuthnot
Geneva
Switzerland
J. Clifford Woodhull
Belle Heald
Charles Andre
Ernest Heal
Charles Nelson
Augusta
Little River Camp
Sewall Webster
Eugene Gilman
Boston
Harvard
Richard
Frederick Beck
Iowa City
Lowagate
West Georgetown
Edward Clarey
Mildred Nichols
Annie Palmer
Parker Moulton
Parker Moulton Jr
Walter Beane
Malden
Anchorage
Frank Brown
Brown
Carol Lee
David
Harry Horne
Huse
Joseph F. Higgins
Grand Jury
E. G. Southard House
Lewis
George Lee
Onset
Arthur Nelson, Jr
Arthur Nelson
Victor Pinkham
Yarmouth
Fred Carr
Richard Sanford
Lowell
Sanford
Sedgemere Road
Herman Barter
Parker Start
Marr Cottage
Mareena Butts
Newton
Malden Island
Marcia Thomas
Arthur Walker
Arthur Marr
James Stevens
Warren
Boston University
Derby Line
Stevens
E. E. Pinkham
Edith Pinkham
Robert
Lee
Harold Cranshaw
Robert Yeo
Wakefield
Yeo Cottage
Pauline Rasmussen
Warren Horrick
Arthur Horrick
Providence, R. J
Zetta Higgins
Road work to Reid State Park may start in weeks
The Maine State Highway Commission signaled possible start within two to three weeks on a road to the entrance of the new Reid State Park at Georgetown. The Park Commission has $100,000 for Reid Park development in the next biennium and aims to begin after Aug 7 when the appropriation becomes available.
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Maine State Highway Commission
State Park Commission
Reid State Park
Georgetown
The
Highway Commission
Park Commission
State Highway Commission
Payne
Obituary of Michael Sheehan 73 Bath resident
Michael Sheehan 73 of 424 Washington Street died Monday at Togus Veterans Hospital after a three month stay. Born in Ireland, he came to the United States at age four, naturalized in Fitchburg, lived in Augusta and Bath since 1946, and married Vivian Totman in Bath in 1947. Survived by his wife and two sisters Nell Sewall of Dorchester and Nora Rosberry of St. Louis. World War I veteran and Catholic. Funeral at Togus Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Father Delaney. interment Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Sheehan
Washington Street
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Ireland
John Sheehan
United States
Fitchburg
Mass
Bath
Vivian Totman
Augusta
Nell Sewall
Dorchester
Nora Rosberry
St. Louis
Togus
Herman F. Delaney
Mrs Ida Miller Dies at 75 in Bath Home
Mrs Ida Miller 75 died at her Lincoln street home. Wife of Abraham Miller she is survived by three sons Arthur Z Brooklyn Alex Portland Lewis J Atlantic City five daughters including Mrs Joseph Goldman Malden Sadie Bath and Mrs Harry Lait Bath and Mrs Robert Levine Bath one sister Mrs Louis Iverson Miami four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral was at 10 30 this morning from Beth Israel Synagogue with burial at Mt Zioni Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Miller
Lincoln Street
Abraham Miller
Arthur Z
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alex
Portland
Lewis J
Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph Goldman
Malden
Mass
Sadie
Bath
Harry Lait
Robert Levine
Louis Iverson
Miami
Fla
Beth Israel Synagogue
Mt. Zini
Five Islands community notes mix island visits and town life
Gilbert Lewis begins ice deliveries in Georgetown while power lines reach Malden Island. Edith Marr hosts Sunday school picnic on MacMahan Island with Beulah Miller Cleves Henderson and George Gray. Library Auxiliary reports successful sale at Nelsons. Firemen Memorial Fund donations listed. A busy social season unfolds with multiple visits cottages weddings and family gatherings across Malden Island Bath Bathportland and nearby towns.
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Gilbert Lewis
Georgetown
Malden Island
Edith Marr
MacMahan Island
Beulah Miller
Cleves Henderson
George Gray
Francis Pierce
The
Library Association
Nelson
Firemen's Memorial Fund
Edda Needham
Roland Peterson
Hallowell
Walter Moore
Sedgemere Road
Little River
Imogene W. Vigus
Beatrice Pennell
Dorothy Austin
Harriet Byrant
Charlotte Newcomb
Anne M. Blake
Ruth E. Gray
Marguerite Fitzsimmonds
Dorothy Young
Eulalia Philbrick
F. Rowe
Death of Wilbur E. Howe in Woolwich
Wilbur E. Howe died at his Day's Ferry home in Woolwich on Monday morning. Born October 18 1873 in Woolwich he was the son of George and Henrietta Howe. A lifelong Woolwich resident he worked 14 years at Hyde Windlass before retiring in January. Survived by widow Jennie Main three sons Melvin Elwood and Chester a brother John M Howe two nieces and nephews and eight grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at two from Arthur F Mayo and Son with burial in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur E. Howe
Day’s Ferry Road
Woolwich
George
Henrietta Howe
Hyde Windlass Company
Jennie Main
Melvin
Elwood
Billerica
Mass
Chester
Dover
N. H
John M. Howe
Bath
Arthur F. Mayo
Riverside Cemetery
Albert F MacFadden Dies at Work at Oakhurst Dairy
Albert Franklin MacFadden aged 56 died at work at the Oakhurst Dairy Sunday morning. Born July 26 1893 in Georgetown he lived there as a child and moved to Bath after marrying in 1916. A WWI veteran he worked at the Texas yard then M and M bakery before ten years at Oakhurst Dairy. Survived by two sons Maynard A of California and Ardenne E of Farmington. Funeral Thursday at 3 PM from Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Georgetown Center Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Franklin MacFadden
Oakhurst
Georgetown
Franklin
Josephine Malone MacFadden
MacFadden
Bath
Texas Yard
Maynard A
California
Ardenne E
Farmington
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Mrs Alice Lewis Dies. Bath Resident 32 Years
Mrs. Alice M. Lewis 69 wife of William M. Lewis died suddenly Tuesday at 454 Washington St Bath. Born Westport March 26 1880 she was daughter of Benjamin Franklin Knight and Mary A Dunton Knight. Survived by widower son Alvah F two brothers Manfred Knight and Herbert Knight and a grandchild Funeral Friday at Mayo funeral residence at two. Burial will be announced.
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Alice M. Lewis
William M. Lewis
Washington Street
Bath
Lewis
Westport
Benjamin Franklin
Mary A. Dunton Knight
Alvah F
High Street
Manfred Knight
Herbert Knight
Mayo Funeral
Oak Grove
Williams and Hunt Return From Ruth Williams Graduation
Mr and Mrs Daniel Williams of Washington street and Mrs Clara Hunt return Monday from Beverly Massachusetts where they attended Ruth Williams graduation from Endicott Junior College Ruth stays at home for the summer with her parents and Ruth accompanies them back to Washington street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
Washington Street
Clara Hunt
Beverly
Mass
Ruth
Endicott Junior College
Death of 17 year old David Walsh at Pownal State School
David William Walsh of Bath died Monday morning after a short illness at Pownal State School. Survived by father Clifford D. Walsh mother Gladyce A. Walsh sister Virginia McCabe, two grandmothers Rose Lee Higgins and Mary Walsh, grandfather David Walsh, aunts Mrs Robert Kingsbury and Mrs John De Groot, uncles Edmund and Harry Higgins, and niece Virginia McCabe. Funeral to be held at Curtis Funeral Home, Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David William Walsh
Bath
Pownal State School
Clifford D. Walsh
Gladyce A. Walsh
Willard McCabe
Rose Lee Higgins
Mary Walsh
David Walsh
Robert Kingsbury
John de Groot
Edmund Higgins
Harry Higgins
Virginia McCabe
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Two Men arraigned in Municipal Court on Intoxication Charges
Two men appeared in Municipal court Tuesday facing intoxication charges. One admitted guilt and was fined five dollars plus five dollars and fifteen cents costs or fifteen days in jail. he was jailed in lieu of payment. The second respondent’s case was ordered on file.
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Kennebec County
Lovell W Staples Dies at 44 in Bath Home
Lovell W. Staples 44 of Bath died suddenly Sunday at his home 848 Middle Street. Born in Lincoln May 16 1905 he was a son of George and Bina Weymouth Staples. Survived by wife Pauline Roderick three children, mother, two brothers and seven sisters. He worked 18 years as a tool dresser at Bath Iron Works and helped lay the Carlton bridge foundation.
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Lovell W. Staples
Middle Street
Lincoln
George and
Bina Weymouth Staples
Pauline Roderick
Bath
Dorothy Vaillancourt
Forest Staples
Lovell W. Staples, Jr
Roland Staples
Yarmouth
Dresden
Minnie Wilds
Biddeford
Thelma Sylvester
Bessie Petit
Pearl Lawrence
Petra Green
Hilda Pratt
Ferne Gowen
Staples
Bath Aerie of
Eagles
Bath Iron Works Corp
Carlton Bridge
Mrs Annie J Ham 79 Bath resident dies
Annie Jennie Ham 79 of 85 Pearl Street widow of William F. Ham died Thursday at Bath Memorial hospital. Born February 28 1870 in Crewe England she lived most of her life in Bath. Survived by a brother a sister two daughters two sons and several in laws. Funeral at Grace Episcopal church Saturday with Oak Grove burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jennie Ham
Pearl Street
William F. Ham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Crewe
Cheshire
England
John
Mary Alice Bimson
James A. Bimson
Bath
Maude Given
Woodfords
Ellen Skillings
Scarboro
Edith Ham
James L. Ham
Quincy
Theodore Ham
Ethel Lee
Katherine Kerwin
Arthur Ham
Islesford
Rufus Ham
Worcester
Mass
Ham
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
John H. Perkins Dies. Longtime Inland Game Warden
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Stetson Funeral Home in Brunswick for John H. Perkins who died after a long illness at his home on Kings Turnpike. Born October 19, 1870 in Brunswick he served as an Inland Fish and Game Warden for many years and was widely known among Bath hunters. He is survived by his widow Elfreda M. Perkins and several nieces and nephews. Interment was in Riverside cemetery with six Game Wardens Association members as bearers.
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Stetson
Brunswick
John H. Perkins
Kings Turnpike
Bath
Abram
Esther Harrington Perkins
Elfreda M. Perkins
Charles R. Sims
Riverside Cemetery
Game Wardens Association
Funeral Service for Clarence E. Gerrish Held at St Marys
Funeral services for Clarence E. Gerrish were held Saturday at eight in St Marys Church. Rev Father Timothy C Maney officiated the mass. Bearers were William Ketchum Edward Holland Lor ing Small and Charles Burgess. Burial followed in the West Bath family lot with committal at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Gerrish
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
William Ketchum
Edward Holland
Loring Small
Charles Burgess
West Bath Cemetery
Father Maney
Funeral for Emma Delora Dotton Held at Christian Advent Church
Funeral services for Emma Delora Dotton were conducted this afternoon at the Christian Advent church with E. B. Wright presiding. Bearers included Clarence Dotton Warren Pinkham Earl Milton Chester and Herman McCrater. Burial is planned for the family lot at Oak Grove.
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Emma Delora Dotton
Christian Advent Church
E. B. Wright
Clarence Dotton
Warren Pinkham
Earl
Milton, Chester
Herman McCrater
Oak Grove
John H Snipe 81 Bath dies at home after long illness
John Herbert Snipe 81 of 501 High Street Bath died Friday night at home. Born January 14 1868 in Arrowsic son of Baldwin and Augusta Stinson Snipe he worked at Spinney saw mill in Arrowsic then joined Bath Water District 27 years ago retiring about five years ago due to ill health. He belonged to Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows and Sasanoa tribe Red Men. Survived by adopted son Merton A Snipe Topsham three daughters Harriett Cromwell Mina Snipe Bath Marion Cromwell Woolwich one brother Frank A Snipe Bath cousin Ralph Stinson Damariscotta niece Mrs Harold Walker Bath nephew Harold Snipe ChicagoIll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herbert Snipe
High Street
Arrowsie
Baldwin
Augusta Stinson Snipe
W. H
J. L. Spinney
Arrowsic
Bath
Bath Water District
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Sasanoa Tribe
Red Men
Merton A. Snipe
Topsham
Harriett E. Cromwell
Mina H. Snipe
Marion Cromwell
Woolwich
Frank A. Snipe
Ralph Stinson
Damariscotta
Harold Walker
Harold Snipe
Chicago
Ill
Mrs Emma D Dotton Rites Held In Bath Area
Mrs Emma Delora Dotton 82 died at her daughter’s home in Bath after several weeks of poor health. Born June 1 1867 in Boothbay Harbor she lived most of her life in Bath. Surviving: brothers Clyde Pinkham Jerry Pinkham Walter Pinkham sisters Mrs Joseph Hynes Mrs Walter McCrator daughters Mrs Earl McCrator Mrs Harold Blair Bath and Mrs Elmira Fields Gardiner grandchildren and great grandchildren. Son William Everett Cotton recently drowned in the Sasanoa river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Delora Dotton
Earl McCrater
Somerset Place
Dotton
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Rufus
Mary Quimby Pinkham
Clyde Pinkham
North Bath
Jerry Pinkham
Walpole
Mass
Walter Pinkham
Joseph Hynes
Walter McCrator
Earl McCrator
Harold Blair
Elmira Fields
Gardiner
William Everett Cotton
Sasanoa River
Clarence M. Gerrish Dies at 46 in Bath Area
Clarence M. Gerrish, 46, a meat cutter and butcher, died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. He lived at 283 Center Street and was born in West Bath on September 12, 1902, son of Fred and Mara Card Gerrish. Survived by three sons Clarence M. Jr. of Brunswick and Russell and Roger of Bath. two daughters Mrs. Wesley Morang and Corrine Gerrish of Bath. two brothers Harold of Rockland and Fred of West Bath. two sisters Miss Lucy Gerrish of Massachusetts and Mrs. Ferdinand Coombs of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Gerrish
Memorial Hospital
Gerrish
Center Street
West Bath
Fred
Mara Card Gerrish
Clarence M., Jr
Brunswick
Russell
Roger
Bath
Wesley Morang
Corrine Gerrish
Harold Gerrish
Mrs Barbara Dunton Toothaker Dies at 75 in Boston
Death notice for Mrs Barbara Dunton Toothaker 75 of Brunswick died Friday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston She formerly lived in Bath and Arlington Mass Survived by husband one son Raymond D Toothaker Reading Mass two sisters Miss Clara Dunton Marshfield and Mrs Harry Richardson Belmont
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Toothaker
Brunswick
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Toothaker
Barbara Dunton
Bath
Arlington
Mass
Raymond D. Toothaker
Reading
Clara Dunton
Marshfield
Harry Richardson
Belmont
Clement Barter Funeral Held At Curtis Funeral Home
Clement M. Barter died Tuesday at Bath Memorial Hospital. Services were held June 16 at Curtis Funeral Home. Survived by wife Mary A. Barter two sons Clement B. of Bath Clyde L. of Bremerton Washington a brother Capt William P. Barter of Boothbay Harbor and several nieces and nephews. Bearers were Thatcher B. Pinkham Charles A. Coombs Jr Manson Barter Robert Belmont. Burial was in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Funeral Home
Clement M. Barter
Bath Memorial Hospital
Barter
Mary A. Barter
Clement B
Bath
Clyde L
Bremerton
Wash
Capt
William P. Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Charles A. Coombs, Jr
Manson Barter
Robert Belmont
Oak Grove
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Emerson Lane Post
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Lillian Guiou
Grace Dickinson
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Mark Akerson
Ecelia Robinson
Old Orchard
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Laura Reynolds
Fern Perry
Frances Seigars
Eva Douglass
Earl Whitney
River Road
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Lillian Johnson
Maine Association of Ladies Auxilaries
Patriarchs Militant
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Norma MacCormick
Orono
U. of M
Marjory Kennedy
Atlantic College
South Lancaster
Seth Watson
Melvin Curtis
Irving Hamlin
Vincent Dunning
Randolph
Charles Watson
Watson
Howard Dickey
Stanley Griffin
Water Street
Fred Witham
Carl Reynolds
Belgrade
George Yeaton
George Clarke
Vernon Far
Hollis Easler
Donald Easler
Southern Maine Dorcas Federation
Lincolnville Church
James Sencabaugh
Arnold
John McKinnon
Roger Gibbs
C. E. Carll Gorham
Maine
Tel
Gorham
Lakewood
Paul Wren
Medford, Mass
New Reid Park
Mrs. McNeil
Daughter of
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Gay
Helen Cannon
Ellen
Rosemary Cunningham
Stinson Davis
Lincoln Campbell
William Stewart
Madelyn Berry
Harry Coyle
Hallowell Baptist Church
Robert Brackey
Mark Hanna
Vernal Chaney
Kittery
Lawrence Bailey
Carl Pearson
Somerville
Hyde Windlass Co
Albert F. M’fadden
Marius H. Page
North Street
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Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Annie J. Ham
C. E. Gerrish Funeral
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Clement Barter
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